Carlos Alcaraz He got a tattoo on his left arm, above the triceps, on September 11, 2022, when he won the US Open. A day later, at the age of 19, he became the youngest world number one in the history of the ATP, which dates back to 1973, when the ranking began to be drawn by computer systems according to results from one year to the next that the tennis players
While recovering at home from a muscle injury in his right leg, he watched on television how Novak Djokovic35 years old, won his tenth Australian Open and regained the lead in the ATP ranking, where he accumulated 380 weeks of permanent, an absolute record.
Alcaraz, who added twenty, is one of the medium-term goals to regain first place. It was not the week of his reappearance on the ATP Tour after an absence of more than three months, so long that he missed the ATP and Davis Cup Finals in 2022 due to an abdominal injury.
He made a strong comeback at the ATP 250 tournament in Buenos Aires. He imposes his quality on clay on the track, standing in the final. He earned 150 ranking points, which will be 250 if he lifts the trophy this Sunday.
However, a mismatch between the 2022 and 2023 calendars causes a game with 500 fewer points, that of the reigning champion of the Rio tournament, to be played next week.
If he is 340 points behind Djokovic (7,070 to 6,730), he will leave Argentina at 590, if he is the Buenos Aires champion, or at 690 if he loses in the final. Although he’ll only start adding up in Rio, with a total of 500 within his reach.
Djokovic is not yet worth chasing, but enough to position himself in a direct match from afar, with him at the ATP 500 in Acapulco and the Serb playing at the ATP 500 in Dubai, on the same date, from February 27 to September 4. March.
Not forgetting that they came from behind Stefanos Tsitsipas (5,940) and Casper Ruud (5,515). Although the determining factor is whether the United States gives Djokovic special permission to enter a country whose borders are still closed to foreigners without being vaccinated against Covid during the days of the Masters 1000 ATP in Indian Wells and Miami, a trip to that Carlos Alcaraz He will defend 1,360 points, when the Serbian has 0 from his forced absence in 2022.
Rafael Nadal will remain sixth for now. A hip injury jeopardized a top 10 status that began in April 20205, without delay. The 500 points from Acapulco and the 600 from Indian Wells will fall from his account if he confirms a foreseeable return to the European ground tour, in April.
This is the ATP world ranking
1. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 7,070
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 6,380 (6,480 if champion of Buenos Aires)
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) / 5,940
4. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 5,515
5. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 3,860
6. Rafael Nadal (Span) / 3,815
7. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 3,500 (3,660 if champion Delray Beach)
8. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) / 3,200
9. Holger Rune (Also) / 3,161
10. Daniil Medvedev (Rus) / 3,050 (3,250 if Rotterdam champion)
11. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 2,995
12. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 2,745 (2,945 if Rotterdam champion)
13. Cameron Norrie (GBR) / 2,615 (2,715 if champion in Buenos Aires)
14. Karen Khachanov (Russian) / 2,470
15. Frances Tiafoe (USA) / 2,350
Source: La Verdad
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