Carlos Alcaraz s Rafael Nadal They keep writing pages for Spanish sports. Murcian and Mallorcan take first and second place in the rankings for the first time ATP. An unprecedented situation in our country. It’s our country’s first double in the tennis world.
After winning the US Open, the karers reached the absolute top and took the first place in the rating. take it off Daniel Medvedev He took power for the first time within the circuit. It was a huge achievement for him, as he became the youngest tennis player to be the first racket in the standings.
For his part, Nadal, who used to live among the highest positions, took second place after defeating Casper Road in Tokyo. An unprecedented achievement in Spanish tennis. Evidence of regularity by a man from Manakuri, who is 36, continues to show that he is at an all-time high.
No. 1 and No. 2 are Spanish 😏Tweet embed s @Rafael Nadal In the Top-2, they match the record of 2000 and now they go to another number of 1996
– ATP Tour in Spanish (ATPTour_ES) October 3, 2022
The Norwegian fell in the quarter-finals of the Japanese championship against Nishioka And he gave up 200 ATP points, cementing Nadal’s rise up the ladder. A record that our country had never seen before, which, despite the fact that he had many 1s in history, never managed to win the first two places.
The present and future of Spanish tennis shows that it is very much alive with Alcaraz and Nadal. A dedication to the great season, where he achieved between two Grand Slams of the year. The Australian Open s Roland Garros They fell to Rafa’s side and the US Open was ended by Carlitos.
[Lo que no se vio del adiós de Federer: el emotivo abrazo entre Mirka, su mujer, y Rafa Nadal]
Nadal is back in second place after more than a year without reaching it. Since May 2021, the Spaniard has not been in those privileged positions. His competitiveness brought him back into the competition for the first place, which must be in dispute with Alcaraz himself. It also solidifies the man from Manacor as the second longest-running player, passing 580 weeks. Roger Federer s Novak Djokovic.
Moreover, the two are also the first and second of “a race’Season points ranking. They also aspire to end up driving it at the end of the year. Another achievement they can add to their record.
[Federer: “Nunca olvidaré lo que Rafa Nadal hizo por mí en la Laver Cup, fue un esfuerzo increíble”]
For the first time in the twenty-first century
To find a similar fact, we must go back to the year 2000where the United States achieved this weakness. Andrew Agassi s Peter Sampras They were heroes the last time this happened. A sample of the difficulty of the truth. They were players who made history, the same player that Nadal and Alcaraz write.
Now, the Spaniards will seek to achieve another fact that has not been achieved since the year nineteen ninety-six. In that season, Sampras himself and Michael Chang They finished the season as the first and second best racket of the season, both being Americans. A record that Spanish tennis players can also reach if they are accompanied by results in the last period of the year.
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