Under the aura of Nadal, Federer and Djokovic, the 90 generation of tennis has become a generation that has been abolished. Even if Medvedev wins last year's US Open and becomes world number one on February 28, 2022, breaking the Dominion of the Big Three + Murray's rule over the world's first 18 years, this generation of players is also regarded as a mediocre generation, because none of them can match the achievements of the Big Three.
Today, among the post-00s, there is a successor to the big three, he is the Spanish young player Alcalas. In the miami masters final in the early morning of April 4, at the age of 18 and 333 days old, he defeated Norwegian ruud, the no. 6 seed of the tournament, 7-5, 6-4 to become the third young masters singles champion in history. In front of him are Zhang Depei, a big star before the rise of the Big Three, and Nadal, one of the Big Three.
After winning the Miami Championship Trophy, Alcaraz's world ranking will come to 11th, just 29 points away from the TOP10. A year ago, on April 5, his world ranking was only 133, and such a rapid jump cannot but make people infinitely optimistic about his future.
Alcalas's technique is very comprehensive, adhering to the characteristics of the Spanish player's excellent defensive ability, his serve is also excellent, and his ability in front of the net is outstanding. In addition, his psychological quality is very good, the more he plays the key score, the more confident he is, and it is not at all obvious that he is still a child under 19 years old. In the final with Rudd, he played to his advantages to the fullest.
In the first set, Alcaraz was broken in the second set and then fell behind 3-0, 1-4. However, he did not panic at all, and after using a very stable serve to save the serve, he successfully broke back in the seventh set and pulled the score back to the same running line. After the score came to 5-5, he once again completed the key break and withstood the test of the tie to win his own serve to win 7-5.
In the second set, Alcaraz started with 2 breaks and 1 save, 3-0 far ahead. At this point, he relaxed slightly, but Ruud broke 1 and saved the score to make it 2-3. However, just when people thought that the game might have a new script, Rudd's physical condition was called a medical suspension. Returning from the timeout, Alcaraz read a signal that there was an injury on the back of his opponent's thigh, and when he served, he tended to send it to the outer corner, making it more difficult for his opponent to run. As a result, in the following sets, both sides successfully won their respective serves, and the score was finally fixed at 6-4, and Alcaraz won 2-0.
Throughout the game, Alcaraz issued 6 Aces, 1 more than his opponents, and the one-shot scoring rate reached 71%, 12 percentage points higher than his opponents. In terms of receiving the ball, Alcaraz is obviously more aggressive than his opponents, often standing in the field to attack the opponent's shots, which is admirable for his courage and ability. In the end, he broke Rudd's serve four times, giving people a glimpse of Djokovic's level of delivery. In terms of total points, Alcaraz won 12 points 76-65.
Finally, let's look at a list of the youngest Masters singles titles mentioned above: the first in line is Zhang Depei, who won the 1990 Toronto Open at age 18 and 157 days; the second is Nadal, who won the 2005 Monte Carlo Open at 18 years and 318 days; and the third is Alcaraz, who won the 2022 Miami Open at 18 years and 333 days.
——Pay attention to the small fish and feel the temperature of sports!