The changing of the guard has finally happened. Carlos Alcaraz won the his maiden grand slam title at the 2022 US Open and with that he becomes the youngest World No. 1 in men’s tennis history (19 years of age!). Nadal lost an aggressive and transformed Frances Tiafoe. Young guns Sinner and Alcaraz battled for 5 sets in the QF dazzling the crowd late into the New York night with endless jaw dropping tennis. That QF was dripping in quality worthy of a final. We seem destined to witness many more clashes between the Alcaraz and Sinner in what is becoming a budding rivalry. Sinner become the youngest man since Djokovic to reach the QF or better at all the majors in a the same year. Djokovic and Nadal aren’t completely dethroned yet, but the NextGen is here now ready to fight and win their share of titles with or without them in the draw. Listen to our analysis of all this and more.
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