With a dominant win at the Queen’s Club, Carlos Alcaraz won his first grass-court title and reclaimed the World No. 1 ranking.
The 20-year-old won the Queen’s Club Championships in just his 3rd tournament on a surface that has troubled many of his more experienced and accomplished rivals. It was an excellent warm-up for Wimbledon, which begins on July 3. Alcaraz, who defeated Australian Alex De Minaur 6-4, 6-4 in the final in London on Sunday, not only won his first grass-court title of his young and promising career but he also reclaimed the No. 1 ranking, which was taken away by Novak Djokovic after his record French Open title win earlier this month.
“The chances don’t change so much. I mean, Novak is coming to Wimbledon,” Alcaraz said on Sunday. “Right now, I’m feeling better than at the beginning of the week, that’s obvious. Of course, recovering the No.1 (ranking) before Wimbledon, it gives you extra motivation, it gives you extra confidence coming into Wimbledon. But it doesn’t change too much.”