Carlos Alcaraz is about to face Casper Ruud for the Miami Open title. The young Spaniard is used to be compared with the great Rafael Nadal not only because of his nationality but also because he is extremely precocious like the 21-time slam champion used to be.
Soon after his Miami Open semifinal, Andy Roddick was asked to comment about Alcaraz and his performance compared to the tennis legends. Andy stressed that it is almost inevitable that people compare Carlito to Rafa. He also added that the 18-year-old is still very comfortable in his own skin.
Roddick commented:
“I cant’ imagine anything about Alcaraz on Twitter without someone automatically saying ‘Well Rafa did this and you know ‘Rafa’ did that. We need to let this guy be his own person and he seems comfortable in his own skin. He seems comfortable with the way he plays.”
Alcaraz in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
LWWWWWWWWL At the moment ranked no.16 (career-high), the Spaniard achieved an overall 17-2 match record in 2022. Carlos is playing at the moment in Miami where he bested Marton Fucsovics 6-3 6-2, Marin Cilic 6-4 6-4, Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5 6-3, Miomir Kecmanovic 6-75 6-3 7-65 and Hubert Hurkacz 7-65 7-62.
Carlos Alcaraz will square off with the world no.8 Casper Ruud in the final. Their head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz.
Carlos clinched 1 title in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro.
Ruud in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
LWWWWWWWWL Currently the world no.8 (career-high), Casper achieved a compiled 13-3 win-loss record in 2022. Casper is competing in Miami where he managed to beat Henri Laaksonen 6-1 6-2, Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-2, Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4, Alexander Zverev 6-3 1-6 6-3 and Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 6-1.
Casper Ruud will take on the world no.16 Carlos Alcaraz in the final. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz.
Ruud has won 1 title in 2022 in Buenos Aires.
The Norwegian won 7 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts and 6 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud squared off just once. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Alcaraz. When they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Marbella (Anytech365 Andalucia Open) in April 2021.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
Carlos Alcaraz |
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