Chris Almeida: All credit to you. You were right, Carlos Alcaraz is our U.S. Open men's singles champion for 2022. He made, by his standards, quick work of Casper Ruud in the final: 6–4, 2–6, 7–6 (1), 6–3. And, boy, you can't say he didn't earn it. He did everything you could possibly ask him to do over the course of the tournament: win long matches, short matches, late matches, early matches. Beat young players, old players. Everything. This guy is going to be good for a long time.
Jon Wertheim: He spent more time on the court than any player in U.S. Open history. He won three five-setters that all ended in the a.m., and then he comes back for the biggest match of his career and he outlasts a player known for his durability? We're running out of superlatives here and he's 19 years old.
CA: You saw that little dip in the second set. We’ve all been watching closely the past couple of rounds and thinking: Is he getting tired? Is he finally getting tired? Nope! He was not tired at all, evidently. Rather, Ruud started to look a little slower. He started to get a little tight. But Alcaraz? Nothing could stop that guy. Not the pressure, and certainly not fatigue.
