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Greats in awe as teen wins 'match for the ages' - CtrlF.XYZ

Greats in awe as teen wins 'match for the ages'

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Tennis fans are salivating astatine the imaginable of watching Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner bash conflict implicit the adjacent 15 years.

As the curtain comes down connected the careers of modern-day legends Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal - and Novak Djokovic is 35 years aged - these 2 emerging superstars awesome the commencement of a caller epoch of dominance connected the men's tour.

While Alcaraz is lone 19 years aged helium has already been spoken astir arsenic the heir to Nadal's throne arsenic Spain's sporting king.

His quarter-final triumph implicit Sinner astatine the US Open was labelled a "match for the ages" by Australian large Todd Woodbridge.

"It was lone a quarter-final, it was worthy of a final," Woodbridge said aft commentating the full 5 hours and 15 minutes it took to implicit the match.

That clip fell conscionable abbreviated of the US Open grounds - 5 hours and 26 minutes - but it acceptable a caller barroom for latest finishing clip astatine the Flushing Meadows expansive slam. The timepiece ticked implicit 3am successful New York not agelong aft Alcaraz won lucifer point.

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He won 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3 - and saved a Sinner lucifer constituent successful the 4th set.

Neither subordinate took a backward step, and the sheer powerfulness and athleticism from the young stars was awesome fixed the lucifer surpassed 5 hours successful length.

"As we attack the four-hour mark, with this intensity... it's extraordinary," Woodbridge said connected Nine during the 4th set.

Alcaraz is already the youngest subordinate successful 70 years to scope consecutive US Open quarter-finals.

He is 2 wins distant from winning his archetypal large arsenic a teenager.

Alcaraz stuns with down the backmost shot

Alcaraz progresses to play Frances Tiafoe successful the semi final.

"Honestly, I inactive don't cognize however I did it," helium said on-court arsenic a tiny contingent of the New York assemblage inactive cheered.

"The level that I played, the level of the match, a precocious prime of tennis. It's unbelievable, the lucifer today.

"Jannik Sinner is simply a bully player. His level is conscionable amazing."

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