Alcaraz and Tennis’ Four Majors
Djokovic hasn’t won a single match this year
World No. 1 men’s tennis player Yannick Sinner (23, Italy) has won the US Open, the last major tournament of the season. In the men’s singles final held at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in New York, USA on the 9th, Sinner defeated Taylor Fritz (27, USA, world No. 12) 3-0 (6-3, 6-4, 7-5) in 2 hours and 16 minutes.
Sinner won her first major title at the Australian Open in January and this is her second. “I’ve been playing really well since the start of this year’s Australian Open. That’s why I’ve been able to maintain my confidence. I feel like I’ve grown as I’ve gained experience. I felt more pressure this time than I did at the Australian Open, but I think I handled it well, which is good,” Sinner said. Sinner won 21 sets in seven matches at this tournament, only giving up two sets.
From 2000 to last year, for 24 years, only the ‘Big 3’, Roger Federer (43, Switzerland, retired), Rafael Nadal (38, Spain, 154th), and Novak Djokovic (37, Serbia, 2nd), have won two or more men’s singles titles in the same year at the four major tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open). This year, in addition to Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz (21, Spain, 3rd) also won the French Open and Wimbledon, making a record.
With Sinner and Alcaras splitting the major championships, Djokovic, the only one of the Big Three who is still on the tour, has not won a single title. Djokovic, who holds the record for most major titles (24), lost to Sinner in the semifinals of the Australian Open and to Alcaras in the Wimbledon final this year. It is the first time since Federer won his first major title at Wimbledon in 2003 that none of the Big Three has lifted a major trophy.
It is also the first year that all four major singles trophies have gone to players born after 2000. This has never happened in women’s singles. Sinner, born in 2001, said about forming a new ‘Big 2’ with Alcaraz, born in 2003, “It’s nice to have a new champion and a new rival. I can become a better player because I have a rival. I think the rivalry makes us both better.”
On this day, the Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main stadium of the US Open, was filled with a sold-out crowd (23,771 people), including popular singer Taylor Swift and her lover, American football player Travis Kelce. Most of them were cheering for Fritz, who was aiming to become the first American player to win the US Open men’s singles in 21 years. However, Fritz, who was making his first major final, was not enough to overcome Sinner. The last American player to win the US Open men’s singles was Andy Roddick (42) in 2003. Including this day, the total number of spectators for this tournament was 1,048,669. This is the first time that the total number of spectators for the US Open has exceeded 1 million.
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2024-09-10 10:08:28