The Spanish tennis player has this Sunday the opportunity to win his first Grand Slam and climb to the top of the world ranking.
Carlos Alcaraz has a double date with history this sundaywhen he will face Casper Ruud in the final of the US Open, with the possibility of winning the first ‘Grand Slam’ of his career and simultaneously becoming the youngest ever world number one.
Being number one in the world ranking was Alcaraz’s biggest dream in his childhood, even more than winning a ‘Grand Slam’, as he himself acknowledged. This Sunday you will not have to choose, it will be an all or nothing final for both him and Ruudwho will go from seventh to first position if he lifts the title in New York.
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The Spanish Pedro Clar, one of the coaches of the Norwegian Casper Ruud considered that “the one who can be more stable at a mental level” will be the favorite this Sunday in the grand final of the US Open. “It will be a very exciting match, both of them have been playing at a high level. We already know that the champion would win the double prize (title and number one in the world). Perhaps the fact of having played the final in Paris could help Casper on an emotional level,” Clar said in a statement provided to Efe.
Schedule and where to watch on TV
The duel will take place on Sunday at 10 p.m.. It can be followed on television through Eurosport and through the network’s application, which has the rights to the competition in the country. It can also be followed live on the El Periódico website.