When it came down to it, Carlos Alcaraz needed less than 90 minutes to secure the year-ending No. 1 ranking in men’s tennis.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz needed one more win at the ATP Finals to beat Jannik Sinner to the No. 1 spot and the Spaniard duly got that as he eased to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Italian Lorenzo Musetti on Thursday to sweep his group at the season-ending event for the top eight players, The AP news reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means the world to me to be honest,\u201d Alcaraz said in his on-court interview. “The year No. 1 is always a goal. To be honest at the beginning of the year I saw that the No. 1 (was) really, really far away, with Jannik there, winning almost every tournament he plays.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the middle of the season till now I put the goal for the No. 1 because I thought it was there … and finally I got it. For me, it means everything, the work that we put every day during the whole season, up and downs … so I\u2019m really proud about my team and myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is the second time in his career that the 22-year-old Alcaraz has ended the year at the top of the rankings.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard became the youngest player to finish a year at No. 1 when he achieved the feat as a 19-year-old in 2022.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz had to win three of his matches at the season-ending event for the top eight players to finish No. 1, while Sinner had to go undefeated to defend his title to be in with a chance.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz \u2014 who admitted he was feeling nervous at the beginning of the match \u2014 didn\u2019t give him that chance as he swept aside Musetti despite a partisan home crowd, sealing the result on his third match point.<\/p>\n
That was his third win in the Jimmy Connors group and Alcaraz will face the winner of Friday’s match between Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime in Saturday’s semifinal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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