Carlos Alcaraz has won his first Australian Open title following a four sets win against Novak Djokovic. The 22-year-old’s triumph late on Sunday evening was his first in Melbourne, whichallowed Alcaraz to complete the Career Grand Slam.

At this age he becomes the youngest player in tennis history to complete such an achievement. The Spaniard won three sets on the bounce, 6-2,6-3,7-5 whilst playing someexcellent tennis.

However, it was as 10 time champion who blasted out of the blocks to take the first 6-2. A dominant and quick opening set from the Serbian had signs of his impressive semi-final performance against Jannik Sinner, though this time the 38-year-old wasn’t able to maintain that level.

From the second set onwards, it was all Alcaraz, with Djokovic just trying to stay in touch with the Spaniard throughout the rest of the affair, that lasted just over three hours.

At 4-4 in the fourth Djokovic had the chance to break, thought the 22 year old pushed through and ended up breaking the Serbian a couple of games later, to win the final set 7-5.

The illustrious 25th slam remains absent for Djokovic, and he will have to look towards Paris, London and New York if he wants to achieve it.

The defeat against Alcaraz was the 10-time Australian Open champion’s first defeat in a final on Rod Laver Arena, though he does move into third in the ATP World Rankings.

Though records were broken down under, with the Spaniard surpassing Rafa Nadal’s achievement of winning all four grand slams. The 22-year old did this after only 12 finals, whereas it took Nadal 20 to complete the same task. The 14-time French Open champion was also two years older when he won the final title needed for the Career Grand Slam.

The win in Australia takes the world number one to seven grand slam titles, and more importantly grants him the title of the youngest to win the Career Grand Slam.