On April 25, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the ATP500 Barcelona Open began to compete, and Spain's talented teenager Alcaraz met with top seed Tsitsipas. After a fierce battle in three sets, Alcaraz defeated Tsitsipas 2-1, giving the latter the first defeat on clay this season. After this match, Alcaraz will rise to the top 10 in the world next week, which will be the first time the 18-year-old has made it to the top 10.
Alcaraz became the 20th player to enter the world's top ten before the age of 20 since the ATP ranking system in 1973. The last junior player to make it into the world's top 10 before the age of 20 was Andy Murray on April 16, 2007, when Murray was 19 years, 11 months and 01 days. Among the players surpassed by Alcaraz also include Djokovic, who is 19 years old, 9 months, 25 days and has entered the world's top ten for the first time.
Alcaraz is the 9th youngest player in the world to be among the top ten players in the world since the ATP ranking system. The eight people who preceded him were Aron Christan, Zhang Depei, Becker, Wieland, Bjør Borg, Agassi, Andre Medvedev and Nadal. Among them, Alcaraz entered the top ten of the world, 28 days later than his idol Nadal.
On April 25, 17 years ago, Spain's talented teenager Nadal came out and broke into the world's top ten for the first time in his career with a perfect performance in the championship at Barcelona. Seventeen years later, still on April 25, still after the Barcelona Open, another Spanish talent, Alcaraz, perfectly synchronized with the pace of his idol, will enter the TOP10 for the first time in his career.
As a rising star in the men's tennis world in the past two years, Alcaraz has given people a new hope for the future of tennis. Alcaraz has won his first Masters title in Miami this season, and his record this season has reached a staggering 21-3, winning two titles in Rio and Miami. Outstanding talent has made Alcaraz the No. 3 favourite to win the French Open, behind Nadal and Djokovic. What kind of heights will this young man under the age of 19 reach in the future? It's worth everyone's expectation.