{"id":188373,"date":"2026-02-02T16:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/?p=188373"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:08:35","slug":"luxus-magazine-2026-australian-open-carlos-alcaraz-wins-the-grand-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/luxus-magazine-2026-australian-open-carlos-alcaraz-wins-the-grand-slam\/","title":{"rendered":"[LUXUS MAGAZINE] 2026 Australian Open : Carlos Alcaraz wins the Grand Slam"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian Open once again lived up to expectations, offering two weeks of top-level tennis. The tournament ended this weekend with victories for Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina.<\/h4>\n

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Sunday’s men’s final will go down as one of the greatest moments in tennis history : after a fierce battle (2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5), Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic to win his first Australian Open title<\/strong>. The Spaniard thus becomes the youngest player in the Open era to achieve the Grand Slam<\/strong>, i.e., to win each of the four major tournaments during his career.<\/p>\n

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After a first set dominated by Djokovic, Alcaraz came back to win the next three sets, claiming his seventh Grand Slam title at just 22 years of age.<\/p>\n

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In the women’s tournament, the final was also a high-level contest, with Elena Rybakina defeating Aryna Sabalenka <\/strong>(6-4, 4-6, 6-4). By defeating the world number one, Rybakina climbs the ATP rankings to become world number three and also wins her second Grand Slam title, nearly three and a half years after her victory at Wimbledon in 2022.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Records and new developments<\/h2>\n

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The 2026 edition broke numerous attendance records, with more than 1.36 million spectators attending Melbourne Park<\/strong> over the fortnight, surpassing the already impressive figures of 1.2 million spectators in 2025. The final day alone attracted 56,931 people<\/strong>, a record for a closing Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Click here to read the full article<\/a> on Luxus Magazine.<\/p>\n

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Featured photo : \u00a9 <\/b>Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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