Carlos Alcaraz, 19, the boy of the moment in New York. Photo: Julian Finney / Getty Images / AFP.
The Spanish Carlos Alcarazwhich will face the American Frances Tiafoe, and the Norwegian Casper Ruudwho will compete with the Russian Karen Kachanov, are looking for the final of the US Open of tennis in the New York complex of Flushing Meadows, with the added attraction of reaching the number one in the world which holds today Daniel Medvedev but it virtually belongs to Rafael Nadal.
Alcaraz, who will play this instance for the first time, will be number one if he wins his semifinal and Ruud fails to do the same when I play first thing in the morning with Kachanov.
There are other possible combinations if they both reach the final, because in that case the US Open champion will be the new number one. However, if they both lose in the semifinals, then that first place in the standings will jump to the Spanish Nadal.
Alcaraz’s only 19 years already put him in a privileged position and the experience he lacks to face this first peak of his career could be essential to take a step forward, while Ruud, 23, is more tanned and this may also be a point in his favor to dethrone Medvedev.
The Norwegian is also the first player from his country to reach these stages in the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year.
Source: Clarin
