French Open 2024: Carlos Alcaraz has become the new champion of the French Open. Spain’s Alcaraz defeated Alexander Zverev in a thrilling match to win the French Open men’s singles title. This is Carlos Alcaraz’s third Grand Slam title. Earlier, Alcaraz has won the US Open in 2022 and the Wimbledon title in 2023. With the victory in the French Open, Carlos got a prize money of $ 26,08,465 (about Rs 21.78 crore). This is more than the prize money received by the champion of the T20 World Cup being played in the West Indies and America. The T20 World Champion will get a prize money of about Rs 20.36 crore.
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Third seed Carlos Alcaraz defeated Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 in a five-set match. Fourth seeded German player Zverev fought hard for four hours and 19 minutes, but could not win the title. This is Alcaraz’s fifth win in 10 matches against Zverev.
21-year-old Alcaraz broke Rafael Nadal’s record
He grew up watching his country’s legend Rafael Nadal win 14 trophies at Roland Garros. Now he has surpassed Nadal to become the youngest player to win major championships on three surfaces. When Nadal achieved this feat, he was about one and a half years older than Alcaraz.
No Nadal-Djokovic-Federer for the first time in 20 years
This is the first French Open final since 2004 in which none of Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer were playing. Two weeks ago Nadal lost to Zverev in the first round. Three-time champion Djokovic withdrew before the quarterfinal match due to a knee injury. Roger Federer has retired.
Played 3 Grand Slam finals and won all three
Alcaraz has won all three of his Grand Slam finals so far. However, he and Zverev were playing in the French Open final for the first time. This is Zverev’s second defeat in two Grand Slam title matches. 27-year-old Zverev lost the US Open final in 2020 after losing a two-set lead against Dominic Thiem.
