Carlos Alcaraz He received the new world number one’s trophy in Paris, as he began his eighth week of the reign he took by winning the US Open, his first Grand Slam title.
The Murcian made history, as he became the youngest No. 1 in ATP history at the age of 19, who made the ranking official in 1973 using a computer system. He broke the record set by the Australian Lleyton Hewitt 20 years old in 2001.
The fourth Spaniard to reach the top of the ATP, then Carlos Moyayour current coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and Rafael Nadalwants to sign another record of precocity as the last number one of the season.
He came with an advantage in the last two rounds of the season on the professional circuit, the ATP Paris Masters 1000and the ATP Finals, the Masters of the best eight to be played in the Italian city of Turin from November 13 to 20.
He starts with 6,640 points, 830 more than Rafa Nadal (5,810), his most direct rival for the No. 1 in 2022. They have retained a mathematical option, albeit complicated, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (4,990) and the Norwegian Casper Ruud (4,930) , who they are at 1,650 and 1,710 points, respectively.
The Paris champion will add 1,000, an unbeaten Turin winner will collect 1,500 more. In total, 2,500 as the maximum loot for the double champion.
They are not in this fight for No Daniil Medvedev, Novak Djokovic or Felix Auger-Aliassimebut for the titles of these contests like other powerful applicants.
Carlos Alcaraz can confirm the final number 1 in Paris if he is the champion and Rafa Nadal does not reach the semis.
Although he risks giving up the number 1 in Paris if Rafa Nadal is the champion and does not reach the quarterfinals, he falls in the second or third round.
Both Alcaraz and Nadal will make their tournament debuts this Wednesday. Carlos, against the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, pending in addition to some discomfort in a knee of which he himself underestimated the importance. Rafa reappears, not published since New York and the double farewell of Roger Federer in London, before Robert Baptist or the American tommy paul.
Source: La Verdad
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