World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz reflects on 'dream' year: 'Everything has come so fast'

19-year-old Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz Garfia has h a dream year in 2022, having claimed men’s singles world number one ranking and winning US Open. And to hour him for an incredible year, ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi presented him with ATP . 1 trophy on October 31.

Carlos Alcaraz reflects on dream year

After being given . 1 trophy, Carlos Alcaraz told ATP Tour, "For me it’s a dream come true being . 1 in world, to be a Grand Slam champion. I feel like . 1 (ranking), and to have this trophy means a lot to me. Everything has come so fast. I didn’t think at beginning of year that I’m going to have year that I’m having right w."

Speaking of efforts he put in to achieve his goals, Spaniard ded, "I always believe in my team and in my work, so this is something that came with hard work that I put in every day, hard preseason, work during year with my team. Everything pays off."

19-year-old is set to compete at Paris Masters tournament this week where he will enter as top seed. He will play his first game of competition in second round against Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka on Wednesday, vember 2. time of clash will be revealed in due course. After finishing his tournament in Paris, he will look to cap off a brilliant year with ar top performance at Nitto ATP Tour Finals, which will take place from vember 13 to 20.

Carlos Alcaraz Garfia's staggering records

Despite just being a teenr, Carlos Alcaraz has taken tennis world by storm and alrey has some staggering records to his name. At of just 19 years and four months, Spaniard became youngest player to achieve ATP men's singles world number one ranking. And that is t it, as he is also youngest player to win Rio Open (18 years and 10 months), Miami Open (18 years and 11 months) and Mrid Open (19 years).