The first stage of Carlos Alcaraz in the world number one he will live his last day this Sunday, January 29, at the same time as the final of the Australian Open 2022, which will be played at 09:30 in the Serbian morning Novak Djokovic and the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. The best will take the trophy and attack the leadership of the ATP ranking on Monday the 30th. The victories of the Serbian and the Greek in the semifinals, this Friday against Tommy Paul and Karen Khachanov, respectively, they endorsed the threat dictated by pre-dispute accounts at the first Grand Slam of the season.
The Murcian became, at 19 years old, the youngest number one in ATP history, after winning his first Grand Slam at the US Open 2022. On Monday, September 12, he ranked 28th in the list of players of tennis dominated. the ranking. He did not finish the season at the ATP Finals in Turin due to an abdominal injury, and he was also unable to go to Melbourne at the start of the season due to a new setback, also muscular but in one leg.
the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero is preparing for his return, on clay, where he will play two of his three consecutive tournaments: ATP 250 in Buenos Aires (February 13-19), ATP 500 in Rio (February 20-26) and, on hard, Acapulco ATP 500 (February 27-March 4).
In Melbourne he left 90 points of his account, which is 6,730 points. Novak Djokovic, the provisional second from fifth place, was only added because he missed the 2022 edition when he was deported from Australia. There are 1,200 as a finalist, which will be 2,000 if he adds his tenth title. In case of victory, 7,070 points. He will return to the ATP Tour at the Dubai 500, from February 27 to March 4.
Meritorious ‘Nole’, as his numbers did not include the 2,000 from Wimbledon, as the ATP penalized the All England Club with no points for vetoing Russian and Belarusian tennis players. He also has 0 of the US Open, because he was not able to travel to the country because he was not vaccinated against covid.
Stefanos Tsitsipas defended 720 as a semifinalist in the previous edition. He will be playing in his first final. If he wins, he will finish with 6,995 points, making his debut at number 1, leaving Alcaraz second and Djokovic third. The Greek is signed up for the indoor 500 in Rotterdam, from February 13 to 19.
the norwegian Casper Ruud, a contender at the start of this Grand Slam, lost in the second round, down to fourth place from third. Still the reigning champion, Rafael Nadal, lost four spots (second through sixth) by tying just 45 of the 2,000 points he posted. Injured, he will be out for six to eight weeks. They could be putting their top 10 status in jeopardy, but from behind they haven’t pushed hard enough in Melbourne. The man from Manacor may decide to return to clay, skipping the tour of Indian Wells and Miami. The evolution of the damage and the state of the possible form he can take will clarify the unknown.
Yes, the 2022 finalist left the top-10, giving the No. 1 to Carlos Alcaraz in September, the Russian Daniel Medvedev. He dropped four grades, he was twelfth.
The semifinalists Karen Khachanov and Tommy Paul13th and 19th, gaining seven and sixteen places, respectively.
ATP World Ranking
After the Australian semi-finals
1. Carlos Alcaraz (Span) / 6,730
2. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 6,270
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) / 6,195
4. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 5,765
5. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 4,200
6. Rafael Nadal (Span) / 3,815
7. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) / 3,715
8. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 3,410
9. Holger Rune (Also) / 3,046
10. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 2,995
11. Cameron Norrie (GBR) / 2,760
12. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 2,750
13. Karen Khachanov (Russian) / 2,515
14. Alexander Zverev (German) / 2,425
15. Frances Tiafoe (USA) / 2,305
16. Pablo Carreño (Span) / 2,285
17. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 2,195
18. Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) / 1925
19. Tommy Paul (USA) / 1,835
20. Nick Kyrgios (Aus) / 1,825
Source: La Verdad
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