Tennis fans call out US Open for seemingly sexist Twitter post surrounding Carlos Alcaraz

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz woke up on Monday morning as the new World No.1 in the ATP rankings at the young age of 19, thus creating a new record.

However, Alcaraz is the youngest ever World No. 1 on the men's circuit alone; he does not hold the record across both men's and women's tours, something many tennis fans made clear in response to a recent social media post.

The Spanish youngster defeated Casper Ruud in the US Open final to clinch the top spot as well as his maiden Grand Slam singles title. But Martina Hingis still holds the record for being the youngest tennis player to become World No. 1, having clinched the top spot in 1997 at the age of 16.

A recent post from the US Open's Twitter handle did not go down well with fans, particularly the statement calling Carlos Alcaraz the "youngest tennis player to ever be Number 1 in the world."

Many fans pointed out the error in the stat and expressed their dissent. Some also highlighted that the likes of Maria Sharapova, Monica Seles, Tracy Austin and Steffi Graf, apart from Hingis herself, all clinched the World No. 1 spot at a younger age than Alcaraz.

"The phrasing of "youngest tennis player ever to be number 1 in the world" feels like they've gone out of their way to ignore that women exist," one fan opined on Twitter, in reaction to the post.

"MALE PLAYER PLEASE. Sharapova, Seles, Austin, Hingis, Graf still exist," another fan wrote.

"I'm so done with this treatment of men's tour as something superior. Women's achievements are being omitted again," wrote yet another fan.