At the end of 2021, Carlos Alcaraz impressed with the Next Gen ATP Finals championship. He is considered one of the youngest players worth watching in the world at the present time.
In 2022, Alcaraz continued to show high performance. Attending Rio Open 2022 with the seed of 7, he surpassed many elder players to enter the final. Here, the 18 -year -old star just had a relatively easy victory against the No. 3 seed Diego Schwartzman to win the championship.
Entering Set 1, Schwartzman is a better start. After successfully defending his serve game, he won the first break of the match right in Game 2 to take the 2-0 lead. However, Alcaraz still proved very brave to reclaim the break right in game 3.
The turning point of the set came in game 9 when Alcaraz turned the flag. He has successfully broken Schwartzman's serve for the second time to create an advantage. Coming to Game 10, 18-year-old tennis player did not make any mistakes to win 6-4.
Set Set 2, Alcaraz won the break right in the first game. After being reclaimed by Schwartzman in game 2, the Spaniard played extremely explosive.
Accordingly, in the rest of the match, Alcaraz had 2 more breaks, in turn 3 and 5 games. Across the front line, Schwartzman could not turn the flag. He accepted the racket in Game 8 with defeat 2-6.
In the end, Alcaraz beat Schwartzman with a score of 2-0 and officially crowned at Rio Open 2022. This is the second title, also the first ATP 500 championship in the career of this young tennis player.
