MOSCOW, Sep 12— . Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz was the winner of the US Open, the season's final Grand Slam tournament held on hard courts in New York, and will lead the rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). defeated the fifth seeded Norwegian Kasper Ruud with a score of 6:4, 2:6, 7:6 (7:1), 6:3. Tennis players spent 3 hours and 20 minutes on the court.Grand Slam TournamentsUS Open ATP11 September 2022 • start at 23:20FinishedCasper RuudNorway1 : 34:66:26:73:6Carlos AlcarazSpainAlcaraz became the winner of the Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career, previously the best achievement of the 19-year-old Spaniard reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros (2022). He became the youngest winner of the US Open since 1990, when the tournament was won by American Pete Sampras. 23-year-old Ruud played in the final of the Grand Slam tournament for the second time in his career. In 2022, he became a finalist at Roland Garros. The meeting became the «youngest» Grand Slam final in 20 years — since 21-year-old Australian Lleyton Hewitt beat 20-year-old Argentine David Nalbandian in the 2002 Wimbledon final. Alcaraz will lead ATP rating. Ruud will take the second line of the world ranking. At the moment, the first racket of the world is the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who completed his performance at the US Open in the fourth round, losing to the Australian Nick Kyrgios. was 22-year-old American Jimmy Connors, and the second was 18-year-old Swede Bjorn Borg.
