On April 2, Spain's post-00s junior Alcaraz defeated defending champion Hulkac 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2) in the men's singles semifinals of the Miami tournament and reached the MEN's singles final of the ATP1000 Masters for the first time.
With this crucial victory, the 18-year-old and 11-month-old Spanish teenager has won 6 of them in his last nine games against the world's top ten players.
Alcaraz's record against the world's top ten players:
In the first round of the 2021 Acapulco Tournament, he lost 3-3, 1-6 to Zverev, the 7th in the world;
In the second round of the 2021 Madrid Tournament, he lost 1-6, 2-6 to world No. 2 Nadal;
In the second round of Wimbledon in 2021, he lost 4-6, 2-6, 2-6 to world 2nd Medvedev;
In the third round of the 2021 US Open, he defeated world 3rd Tsitsipas 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 0-6, 7-6 (5);
Defeated world 7th Berrettini 6-1, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5) in the 2021 Vienna quarterfinals;
2021 Vienna semi-finals, 3-6, 3-6 defeat to world 4th Zverev;
In the second round of the 2021 Paris Tournament, he defeated the world's 10th Sinner 7-6 (1), 7-5;
In the third round of the 2022 Australian Open, 2-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 lost to the world's 7th Berrettini;
2022 Rio, 6th Berrettini 6th in revenge against the world 6-2, 2-6, 6-2;
2022 Indian Wells semi-finals, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6 defeat to world 4th Nadal;
2022 Miami Quarterfinals, 7-5, 6-3 against world No. 5 Tsitsipas;
In the 2022 Miami semifinals, he defeated the world's tenth Hulkach 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2).
On the day of the victory over Hulkach, Alcaraz, 18 years, 10 months and 28 days had already won six games against the world's top ten, only 16 days longer than Nadal achieving this record.
Nadal set this record when he was 18 years old, 10 months, 12 days old, in 2005, when he defeated the world's 6th-placed Gaudio in the quarterfinals of Monte Carlo.
The other two kings, Federer and Djokovic, only achieved this feat at the age of 19.
In the 2001 Milan semifinals, 19 years and 5 months old Federer defeated Kafernikov in the semi-finals, and in the 2007 Miami quarterfinals, Djokovic, 19 years and 10 months old, defeated Nadal. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)