The 21-year-old tennis player, who thanks to this victory will rise to number 2 in the world, dropped onto the clay of the Philippe Chatrier court before ascending to the stands where his team and his family were and hugging his grandfather, his parents and siblings. Alcaraz becomes the tenth Spaniard to win the clay-court Grand Slam, adds the 26th victory for Spaniards in Paris and the youngest winner of major trophies on all three surfaces.
The combat promised to be of high intensity, because the forecasts did not lean clearly towards either. However, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz won his first crown at Roland Garros and his third Grand Slam, after coming back in the final against the German Alexander Zverev, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1 and 6-2 in 4 hours and 19 minutes.
Rafa Nadal, who throughout his long career won the Roland Garros tournament fourteen times, congratulated Carlos Alcaraz through his X account for beating Alexander Zverev in the final and achieving his first victory on the Parisian clay court. .
