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Spanish Tennis Player Carlos Alcaraz Becomes US Open Champion

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Tennis player Carlos Alcaraz of Spain won the men’s singles final at the US Open, beating Norway's Casper Ruud. 12.09.2022, Sputnik International

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Alcaraz, 19, beat Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3 at the US Open in Flushing, New York, on Sunday.He thus became the first male teenager to win a Grand Slam title since Rafael Nadal won the French Open in 2005. Alcaraz will now be the youngest tennis player to be the world number one.On Saturday, tennis player Iga Swiatek of Poland, the world’s number one, won against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in the US Open women’s singles final.Swiatek, 21, secured a 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) win over Jabeur, 28, who is ranked fifth in the world.

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Spanish Tennis Player Carlos Alcaraz Becomes US Open Champion

01:12 GMT 12.09.2022 (Updated: 10:06 GMT 30.11.2022)

© AP Photo / John MinchilloCarlos Alcaraz, of Spain, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Casper Ruud, of Norway, in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, in New York.

Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Casper Ruud, of Norway, in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, in New York. - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.09.2022

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Tennis player Carlos Alcaraz of Spain won the men’s singles final at the US Open, beating Norway's Casper Ruud.

Alcaraz, 19, beat Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3 at the US Open in Flushing, New York, on Sunday.

He thus became the first male teenager to win a Grand Slam title since Rafael Nadal won the French Open in 2005. Alcaraz will now be the youngest tennis player to be the world number one.

On Saturday, tennis player Iga Swiatek of Poland, the world’s number one, won against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in the US Open women’s singles final.

Swiatek, 21, secured a 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) win over Jabeur, 28, who is ranked fifth in the world.