But the style is more like Federer, the new king ascends the throne! Alcaras worships Nadal as the champion | player | Nadal
Alkaras was the first player to beat Djokovic on the All England Club Centre Court after Murray in the 2013 Wimbledon final-this time, a full decade.
Such a record alone deserves the pride of this new generation representative. On July 17, Beijing time, the 2023 Wimbledon men's singles final came to an end. The top seed Alcaras fought five sets and defeated Djokovic 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. Kovic ended his 34 consecutive victories, breaking his dream of Wimbledon's 8th championship and 24th Grand Slam championship, and won the Wimbledon men's singles championship for the first time in his career. This is also the second Grand Slam.
Completed a "rocket like" leap in five years
This is a groundbreaking victory. The match between 20-year-old Alcaras and 36-year-old Djokovic was originally a king's match between the top two in the men's singles world rankings. Across the net, Djokovic's 10-year record at Wimbledon was broken, marking the end of an era.
Alcaras, born in 2003, has long been recognized by his coach and tennis legend Ferrero as the person who will surpass the four giants in the tennis industry. After years of monopolizing the male tennis world by the "Big Four", it is also time for a new ruler to lead and continue moving forward.
In 2018, as a professional player, Alcaras made his debut and demonstrated with impressive data that he has indisputably become the new king. At the age of 18, Alcaras won his first championship on the men's professional tennis tour at the Umag tournament in Croatia and began to gain attention.
The truly amazing thing started last year. He consecutively set the record for the youngest Masters Miami Open and Madrid Open championship in history, and won his first Grand Slam championship in his career at the US Open. He also set a record for the youngest person to rank first at the end of the year.
From "the youngest ATP top ten since Nadal" and "the youngest champion of the Madrid tournament" to "the youngest world top five since Nadal", Alcaras has made progress like a rocket in a season.
The former world first brought out the "world first"
When the tough Wimbledon final came to an end, the 20-year-old climbed onto the stands to celebrate this hard-earned victory with his coach, former world number one Ferrero.
In the growth path of Alcaras, the "master" Ferrero played an indispensable role.
Starting from 2018, Alcaras, who was only a 15-year-old boy at the time, began training with Ferrero and became his proud disciple by joining him.
Ferrero has also topped ATP world number one in his career. In 2003, Ferrero won the French Open men's singles championship and advanced to the final by defeating Hewitt and Agassi in the US Open. He also won the Madrid Masters by defeating Federer, becoming the second ATP world number one player in Spanish tennis history.
Nowadays, the former world number one Ferrero of Spain has brought out the current world number one Alcaras of Spain, and the story of the master and disciple has become a beautiful story.
In Ferrero's view, Alcaras's style tends more towards Federer, although his idol is Nadal and his coach is himself. It seems that Alcaras should also start breaking through from the French Open, just like the two Spanish tennis predecessors. However, Alcaras started to dominate from the hard court Grand Slam US Open and was the first to win the Grand Slam in the US Open, which also confirms the view of head coach Ferrero.
At the age of 20, Alcaras became the first non Big Four player to win a Wimbledon title since 2003- the men's singles champion of the past 20 years, monopolized by four players: Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, and Murray.
There are only five male players who have won at least two Grand Slam championships before the age of 21, and Alcaras continues this magical journey. He previously achieved this record with Nadal from 2005 to 2006, his childhood idol.
Now, Alcaras can finally pay tribute to his idol. His starting point is higher than Nadal's, and in the future, he may be more worthy of expectations than his predecessors.
A new era has begun. There are more records waiting for this young man to create.
