Carlos Alcaraz has progressed to the semi-finals of ongoing US Open© AFP
Carlos Alcaraz hailed his epic US Open quarter-final conquer Jannik Sinner as the best match of his profession whereas predicting an imminent altering of the guard in tennis. The 19-year-old Spaniard clinched a 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-7 (0/7), 7-5, 6-3 victory in a tie which ended at 2:50 a.m. Thursday. At 5 hours and quarter-hour, it was the second-longest US Open match and surpassed the earlier document for up to date end in New York of two:26 a.m.
“I would say it was the best match I’ve played in my entire career,” mentioned world quantity 4 Alcaraz.
“At 5h15, from the first ball to the last, there was immense quality from both Jannik and me.”
He added: “Jannik and I will remember this for the rest of our lives.
Alcaraz is the youngest Grand Slam men’s semi-finalist since Rafael Nadal at the 2005 French Open.
He is also the youngest US Open men’s semi-finalist since Pete Sampras in 1990.
Although he is still chasing a maiden Grand Slam title, Alcaraz warned the clock maybe ticking on the dominance of Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer who have 63 majors between them.
“As lengthy as Rafa, Djokovic, Federer are there, they would be the greatest and the rivalry they’ve between them will at all times come first,” he mentioned.
Promoted
“But at this time Jannik and I’ve proven that we’re the current and that we even have a protracted profession forward of us. We are going to play many occasions collectively.”
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Topics talked about on this article
