The ATP delivered this Monday to the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz the trophy that accredits him as number one in the world, the youngest to access that position after last September he won the US Open at the age of 19.
On the main court of the Paris Masters, the ATP honored the Murcian in a brief ceremony with the song ‘Eye of the Tiger’ -the tennis player’s favorite- as a backdrop. «It is a dream come true, when he was a child he wanted to be number one and be a Grand Slam champion. Everything has come very fast. I feel very happy and very happy to share it with all of you. See you on Wednesday,” said Alcaraz in English, who will debut that day against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in the second round of the Paris-Bercy tournament.
At 19 years, 4 months and 7 days, Alcaraz (May 5, 2003) is the youngest to be proclaimed number one. He got it on September 12 of this year, when the classification was updated after his victory in New York. The Spaniard surpassed the record held by Australian Lleyton Hewitt, who reached the top at 20 years, 8 months and 23 days in 2001.
The current ATP ranking system was established in 1973.
Alcaraz is the fourth Spaniard to reach number one, after Carlos Moyá, his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and Rafael Nadal. EFE
