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Some tennis fans have expressed disagreement at Carlos Alcaraz being referred to as the youngest ever year-end World No. 1.
Carlos Alcaraz was crowned the year-end singles World No. 1 at the ATP Tour Finals at the Pala Alpitour in Turin on Wednesday. In the wake of the coronation, Alcaraz was referred to as the 'youngest-ever year-end No. 1' by numerous official tennis accounts on social media.
But many have since pointed out that Alcaraz is not the youngest player ever, but rather the youngest ATP player to achieve the feat.
"The way all media pushing him as *youngest ever* not *youngest atp player* it's so misleading," a fan wrote.
"Only takes three letters to add ATP and they didn't," another fan wrote.
"Exactly and there are so many people who's going to believe he's youngest player to end year as no. 1 while Hingis is literally right there," one tweeted.
"Youngest ever in ATP," one fan tweeted.
"It says "EVER" instead of "ATP". Be kind and learn meaning of word "ever"," another tweeted.
"You mean, youngest ATP player, not ever. Come on," wrote one fan.
More than a few fans brought up Martina Hingis, who in 1997 became the youngest player at 16 years and 182 days old to reach WTA World No. 1, stating that the Swiss should be hailed as the youngest-ever and not Alcaraz.
"Martina Hingis didn't silence the entire WTA and called them old and slow to be forgotten like this," one user wrote.
One fan jokingly stated that it was a weird way to spell Martina Hingis.
"Weird way to spell Martina Hingis," a fan wrote.
"It doesn't say youngest ever ATP player it says youngest EVER which is not true. Hingis was 16," one fan tweeted.
"Tennis TV you need to put male youngest number one. Monica Seles finished number one in 1991 at age 17. Martina Hingis finished 1997 at number one age 17," another fan wrote.
At the same time, Alcaraz also received a lot of praise from other fans for accomplishing the historic feat. Here are a few reactions in that regard:
"Being a part of tennis history alongside these legends is just an incredible feeling" - Carlos Alcaraz on year-end World No. 1 feat
Speaking at his press conference after receiving the year-end World No. 1 trophy, Carlos Alcaraz remarked that it was an honor for him to register his name alongside legends like Nadal, Federer and Djokovic.
The Spaniard further admitted that he would have been happy to concede the title to Nadal if it had come to that. That did not happen since the 22-time Grand Slam champion crashed out of the ATP Finals with two successive losses.
"It's incredible that for so many years it was Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, or Murray, and then a 19-year-old 'Chico' comes along and succeeds in this. It means so much to me. Being a part of tennis history alongside these legends is just an incredible feeling," Carlos Alcaraz said.
"All my life, I have gone with Rafa and here also, I wanted him to win. Even if he had taken the number 1 from me, I would have been happy. I was hoping Djokovic would win against Tsitsipas because I also have a good relationship with Novak," he added.
