The Spaniard has been very impressive this year, with Alcaraz only being beaten by six ATP players<\/a>.<\/p>\n All of these players have been ranked inside the world\u2019s top 60, but one player who has multiple wins over Alcaraz<\/a> is now outside the top 600 in the ATP rankings.<\/p>\n That person is Mikael Ymer, the Swedish ATP player who has been ranked as high as number 50 in the world rankings.<\/p>\n In 2021, when Alcaraz was just a teenager and still finding his feet on tour, he made his Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open<\/a> at just 17 years old.<\/p>\n Alcaraz beat Botic van de Zandschulp<\/a> in the first round, before he went head-to-head with Ymer.<\/p>\n Despite winning the first set, Alcaraz was unable to withstand the pressure he was put under by Ymer and was beaten 2-6 6-4 6-4 7-6(5).<\/p>\n Although he was able to beat the Spaniard, Ymer appeared to be very aware of the threat that Alcaraz could pose in future years when praising him after the match.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he plays very good tennis and this of course I knew walking in, but what made me more impressed was that at this age he played so committed to his game style, no matter the score, even if he was down, even if he was up, breakpoint down, tiebreak,\u201d Ymer said in his post-match press conference<\/a> at the time. <\/p>\n \u201cI assume this is what him and his team wants him to play, but I was really impressed because playing younger guys before\u2026I\u2019m not going to talk like I\u2019m old, but I\u2019m also looking back into my own career, that was one thing that takes a lot of time that I still face and I think there are players that face too, to really committing to what you have to do and he did it all throughout the match.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I was really impressed and I think I would have sat there and said the same thing if he would have won, which he definitely could have, that I think he is the big possibility to be the future of our sport. Not only to be a very good tennis player, but he\u2019s a very, he looks like very, very nice\u2026my first impression is that he\u2019s a very nice guy.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I think he will be one of, not only good tennis player, great tennis player, but one of these kids that, one of these players that the kids are really going to look up to and have as a big role model.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz continued to rise up the rankings after this match, and won his first ATP title at the Croatia Open just months later.<\/p>\n However, after reaching his first ever semifinal on a hard court at the Winston-Salem Open, Alcaraz would face Ymer once again.<\/p>\n Despite having time to develop his game since their last encounter, it was Ymer who once again came out on top, this time with a straight sets victory over Alcaraz, and they have not played each other since then.<\/p>\n What has happened to Mikael Ymer since his last win over Carlos Alcaraz?<\/p>\n While Alcaraz has continually risen up the rankings since then and become a household name as a six-time Grand Slam champion, Ymer has faced some big struggles since then.<\/p>\n Ymer lost in the final of the Winston-Salem Open, but did still enjoy some highs after reaching his career-high ranking of world number 50 in 2023, the same year that he beat Taylor Fritz<\/a> at Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, it was after this Wimbledon Championships that things started to go downhill for Ymer.<\/p>\n In July 2023, it was announced that Ymer had been banned from tennis for 18 months after missing three anti-doping tests within a year.<\/p>\n This is something that Ymer contested, but the decision subsequently triggered him to announce his retirement in a shock announcement.<\/p>\n BREAKING \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n Mikael Ymer retires from professional tennis.<\/p>\n The Swedish tennis player had recently been suspended for 18 months for having missed some anti-doping tests.<\/p>\n He suddenly announced it on his social media channels. pic.twitter.com\/q0FczhAi9A<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Mikael](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1336792812-1024x698.jpg\")
Photo by Grant Halverson\/Getty ImagesMikael Ymer: The ATP player who is unbeaten against Carlos Alcaraz<\/p>\n