‘More grand slams’: Carlos Alcaraz already has sights set on 2023 glory after US Open triumph
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As Carlos Alcaraz returns to the United States after his latest Grand Slam triumph in straight sets over Marin Cilic in the US Open final on Sunday night, he has plenty of goals to look forward to.
He has already fulfilled the first goal of his career after being crowned World No. 12 by the WTA on Sunday afternoon after winning the women’s singles title with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over fellow Spaniard Barbora Strycova for his first Grand Slam crown.
Alcaraz then followed that up by becoming the first Spanish player to win a Grand Slam and was the first non-American to do so since Rod Laver in 1936.
‘More grand slams’: Carlos Alcaraz already has sights set on 2023 glory after US Open triumph
And the 23-year-old is determined to make even more progress in the coming months as he prepares for his next major tournament which is the French Open and the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
The first major of the year is Alcaraz’s chance to become US Open champion, and the first major of his career.
As the US Open’s winner, Alcaraz can win his first major in the 2018 US Open and his second when the French Open takes place a few days after next March.
“I am just focused on the next match,” he said.
“The US Open final is a nice little match but I am not focused on it. That is a nice reward for all the hard work from the past year.”
Away from the courts and the big screens, however, Alcaraz is more than ready to get back to reality after so many years of chasing the big title. It has been all the more difficult not to, but the hard work has seen him progress to such a high level so quickly.
He has only ever lost two competitive Grand Slam matches in his career,