Carlos Alcaraz conquered his first Grand Slam title last week after winning the US Open. The Spanish player is well known for being extremely humble. During an interview with the New York time he was very straightforward in saying that he was lucky that Novak Djokovic could not play the American major.

Djokovic was not able to enter the US territory because he decided not to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The Spanish teenager admitted:

“Look, I don’t want to take credit away from myself, but it’s true that Rafa, Djokovic, Federer, they were in a period when they were all playing. I had the luck or whatever you want to call it that Djokovic could not play.”

Carlos Alcaraz in 2022

Carlos Alcaraz

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Now the world no.1, Carlos played his last match on the 11^th of September when he overcame world no.2 Casper Ruud 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 in the final of the U.S. Open to win his 6^th career title.

During this season Carlos achieved a composed 51-9 record. Carlos has won 5 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, in Miami, in Barcelona, in Madrid and at the U.S. Open. Carlos got to the final in Hamburg and in Umag.

Alcaraz is scheduled to compete next in Nur-Sultan (Astana Open). He will commence the tournament from the main draw on the 3rd of October.

U.S. Open

Alcaraz's Record

Novak Djokovic in 2022

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Currently the world no.7, Novak played his last match on the 10^th of July when he beat world no.20 Nick Kyrgios 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) in the final in Wimbledon to win his 88^th career title.

Until now, during this year the Serbian owns an overall 23-5 win-loss record. Novak has won 2 titles in 2022 in Rome and in Wimbledon. The Serbian got to the final in Belgrade.

Djokovic has scheduled to compete next in Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv Watergen Open). He will commence the tournament from the main draw on the 26th of September.

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Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic fought against each other only on 1 occasion. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Alcaraz. When they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) on the 7^th of May 2022.

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