MELBOURNE – Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz dismissed a slow start to blast past Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in Melbourne on Sunday, becoming the youngest man to win all four majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s Djokovic’s first defeat in a Melbourne final, having won the last 10, meaning he will have to continue the search for his landmark 25th major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carlos Alcaraz swept past Novak Djokovic to win his first Australian Open on Sunday and become the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam, denying the Serbian great an unprecedented 25th major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Spaniard was imperious after a slow start in dismissing the 38-year-old, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 on Rod Laver Arena to claim a seventh Slam title and cement himself as undisputed world number one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In doing so, he became the youngest man in the Open era to win all four majors, adding to his two titles each from Wimbledon and the French and US Opens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 22, he surpassed legendary countryman Rafael Nadal \u2013 in the crowd to witness the feat \u2013 who was two years older when he did the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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