Carlos Alcaraz: I’m hungry for more

Spanish teen Carlos Alcaraz claimed his maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open on Sunday becoming the youngest man at 19 years and 130 days to achieve the World No1 rankingAlcaraz beat Norwayrsquos Casper Ruud 64 26 76 71 63 in the final Alcaraz is also the youngest Grand Slam menrsquos champion since his idol Rafael Nadal at the 2005 French Open He is also the youngest champion in New York since Pete Sampras in 1990Carlos Alcaraz kisses his US Open winnerrsquos trophyldquoRight now Irsquom enjoying the moment enjoying having the trophy in my hands But Irsquom hungry for more I want to be in the top for many weeks and hopefully many years Irsquom going to work hard again after these amazing two weeks Irsquom going to fight for more of thisrdquo said AlcarazAlso Read US Open 2022 final preview Carlos Alcaraz faces a determined Casper RuddIt was a gruelling tournament for Alcaraz On Sunday he claimed the record for most time spent on court at a single Grand Slam passing the 23 hours and 21 minutes it took Kevin Anderson to finish runnerup at Wimbledon in 2018 Most of his 23 hours and 40 minutes were taken up by the more than 13 hours it took him to play three successive fivesetters to reach the final He played a fivehour 15minute quarterfinal against Jannik SinnerThe US Open is Alcarazrsquos fifth trophy of 2022 following Masters triumphs in Miami Madrid Rio and Barcelona It was in Madrid that he announced himself as a serious threat to the sportrsquos heavyweights when he became the first man to defeat Nadal and Novak Djokovic at the same claycourt eventThe final got off to a tentative start Both men saved break points in their opening service games before Alcaraz broke for a 31 lead Alcaraz hit 13 winners to Ruudrsquos six as he took the first set Alcaraz then squandered a break point at 22 in the second set Ruud edgedg ahead for 42 and then 62 to make it oneset all Alcaraz was ahead 20 in the third set before Ruud hit back The Norwegian had two set points in the 12th game but failed to convert as Alcaraz put away inchperfect backtoback volleys Alcaraz then raced through his first tiebreak success of the tournament as Ruudrsquos game fell apart The Spaniard sensed his chance breaking for 42 in the fourth set and then going up 52 Ruud held to love but Alcaraz held serve next up to win in three hours and 23 minutesAlso Read US Open 2022 Carlos Alcaraz wins epic semifinal clash against Frances Tiafoe22y 76daysAge at which Rafael Nadal first became No1 after winning five Slam titles23y 178daysAge at which Roger Federer first became No1 after winning two Slams titles24y 43daysAge at which Novak Djokovic first became No1 after winning two Slam titlesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever