US Open Live Final: in an intense US Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, the champion of the fifth series, Casper Ruud, showed a real sporting moment on Sunday evening. The 23-year-old, who was riding for his first US Open title and the world No. 1, gave Carlos Alcaraz a point, although he dropped out in the first set of the match after a referee error that received applause from the American crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
In the first set, Alcaraz started positively by breaking Ruud’s serve to take the lead with 2: 1. After a couple of minutes, when Alcaraz served 4-3, the Spaniard played a drop near the net, and Ruud hit the ball after and returned after the second rebound. However, the referee did not notice and was waiting for a call from the referee, Alcaraz hit his return to the net. However, the referee gave the point to Casper Ruud. Alcaraz immediately expressed his disappointment.
At this point, an equally confused Ruud approached the referee and confessed that he had played the shot after the ball bounced twice and conceded the point. “Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Ruud has just confirmed that the ball bounces twice. The point is with Mr. Alcaraz, ” the chairman of the court said immediately. With this point, Alcaraz led 15-0 and this sportiness was highly appreciated by the stadium audience.
Alcaraz then kept his serve and won the set 6-4 to win in his first Grand Slam final against the 23-year-old. Both players played their first US Open final and the second final of their careers against each other, as they played the best match of the Miami Open earlier this year with Alcaraz, who won the competition.
Again, the Spaniard emerged victorious, while the 19-year-old won the match 6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 3-6. With this victory, the young man rewrote the history of tennis and at the age of 19 became the youngest player to become the number 1 player in the world. Casper Ruud jumped to second place in the overall standings. Ruud lost his second Grand Slam final in a row. Earlier this year, he lost the final of the French Open to Rafael Nadal.