Alcaraz follows in Nadal footsteps as 18-year-old champion | Malay Mail

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UMAG, July 26 — Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest Spanish champion on the ATP Tour since Rafael Nadal in 2004 when he captured the Umag clay court title on Sunday. The 18-year-old swept past 35-year-old Richard Gasquet of France 6-2, 6-2 in the final. Nadal was also 18 when he won the first of...

UMAG, July 26 — Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest Spanish champion on the ATP Tour since Rafael Nadal in 2004 when he captured the Umag clay court title on Sunday.Nadal was also 18 when he won the first of his 88 titles at Sopot in August, 2004. Nadal was just eight days younger that day than Alcaraz is today.

“It’s amazing. I have a lot of emotions. I’m really, really happy with this victory, this win, my first ATP title,” Alcaraz told atptour.com. Alcaraz, who made the last 16 at the French Open in June after going through qualifying, defeated third seed Filip Krajinovic and top-seeded compatriot Albert Ramos-Vinolas to make his first ATP final.“I think that I grew up a lot in this tournament and I keep a lot of experience from this tournament. It’s going to be useful for the future.

“It was tough for me to play with full intensity. I had a tough match yesterday,” said Gasquet who had need more than three hours to win his semi-final against German qualifier Daniel Altmaier on Saturday.

 

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