Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz made light work of Stefanos Tsitsipas to set up a tantalising French Open semi-final against incoming world number one Jannik Sinner. Spanish third seed Alcaraz, 21, won 6-3 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 against Greek ninth seed Tsitsipas on the Roland Garros clay. It was the second year running that Alcaraz had dismantled 2021 runner-up Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals at the Paris major. The reigning Wimbledon champion has now won all six of his career meetings against Tsitsipas. Meanwhile, second seed Sinner continued his pursuit of a second straight Grand Slam title by comfortably seeing off Grigor Dimitrov earlier on…

Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz fulfilled his potential as a future Grand Slam champion and world number one by beating Casper Ruud in the US Open final to achieve both feats. Alcaraz won 6-4 2-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 in his first major final. The 19-year-old is the youngest men’s Grand Slam champion since Rafael Nadal won the French Open in 2005. Ruud, 23, would have become the new world number one if he had won, but has now lost both of his two major finals. Instead it is Alcaraz who replaces Russia’s Daniil Medvedev at the top, becoming the first teenager…