On April 3, local time, the 2022 ATP1000 Miami Open ended the men's singles final competition, and finally the 18-year-old Spanish youngster Alcaraz continued to perform dark horse, defeating the No. 6 seed of the tournament and Norway's Rudd in two consecutive sets with 7-5, 6-4, winning the ATP1000 Master Championship for the first time in his career, and breaking Djokovic's record to become the youngest champion of the Miami Open.
Born in 2003, Alcaraz made his first career trip to the ATP 1000 Masters final, and became the second youngest player to appear in the Miami Men's Singles Championship after Nadal (18 years and 304 days) at the age of 18 and 333 days. And his opponent Rudd, also the first time to advance to the final of this level, but the final laugh, but the last laugh, but it is Alcaraz, after 1 hour and 52 minutes of fierce fighting, the youngster overcame the passive situation of 1-4 in the first set, achieved a reversal, and finally won two consecutive sets to win, winning the second crown of the season and the third crown of his career.
Alcaraz's victory not only ended the embarrassing record of Spain's previous 0 wins and 8 losses in the Men's Singles Final of the Miami Open, but also became the fifth men's singles champion in the 37-year history of the tournament to be ranked outside the top ten in the world. At the same time, Alcaraz is also the third youngest Masters champion in history, after Zhang Depei and Nadal. After winning his first Masters title, Alcaraz's latest ranking will rise to 11th.
In the first stage of the season, he won 18 wins and 2 losses, winning two tour titles, especially in the Sunshine Doubles, the achievement of one final four and one championship has made Alcaraz a new generation of supernovas, on a par with the young Agassi, Murray, Djokovic, Nadal and others. One statistic worth noting is that after winning the Miami Open, Alcaraz's career winning percentage has reached 72%, which is better than Nadal's 69% at the same age.
The word talent is used to describe Alcaraz, who is only 18 years old, and it is not an exaggeration! Especially after a series of talent-like performances, the outside world is in him, as if he saw Nadal in his youth. Coincidentally, Alcalas's idol is his compatriot Nadal, and now, he has proved himself to the outside world with practical actions, and he can become the successor of "Na Tianwang".