Us Open, Alcaraz beats Ruud and wins the title: he is number 1 in the ranking

Us Open, 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz in a single evening won the first Grand Slam title and the world’s # 1 throne, the youngest ever since the computerized ranking has existed (1973). The Spaniard, seeded number 3, won the final over the Norwegian Casper Ruud, fifth in the seeding, in four sets with a score of 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 , in three hours and 20 minutes of play. The US Open have revolutionized the ATP ranking: Alcaraz is the new n. 1 in the world, followed by the Norwegian Ruud and Rafa Nadal. Russian Daniil Medvedev loses three positions and is fourth, followed by German Alexander Zverev. Sixth the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas followed by the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the British Cameron Norrie, who marks his new best ranking. Ninth the other Russian Andrey Rublev and the Polish Hubert Hurkacz tenth. Back n. 11 in the world Jannik Sinner, while Matteo Berrettini slips to n. 15 of the ranking. Lorenzo Musetti is in 30th place.