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Why the US Open is the site of so many breakthrough major champions, like Carlos Alcaraz

Syntax issues aside, it seems New York really is the "concrete jungle where dreams are made of". At least, in a tennis sense.

"I'm not sure why but there's something special with this place," Casper Ruud said after he reached the semis at the US Open.

"This year there will be a new first-time winner also. It shows that it's possible to do it here in New York. It's sort of a city of dreams, I guess."

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