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 Djokovic, 35 years old, he won his tenth Australian Open and regained the lead in the ATP ranking, where he accumulated 380 weeks permanently, 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 came back strong at the ATP 250 tournament in Buenos Aires, which he won. This is 250 points for your ranking. 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 leaves Argentina at 590 (7,070 to 6,480). Although he will only add to 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 to know if the United States gives Djokovic a special permit to enter a country whose borders are still closed to foreigners without being vaccinated against Covid in the days of Indian Wells and Miami ATP Masters 1000a trip where Carlos Alcaraz 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.
The Russian is back in that top-10 Daniel Medvedev indoor ATP 500 champion in Rotterdam beating the Italian in the final Jannik Sinner.
This is the world ranking
1. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 7,070
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Span) / 6,480
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) / 3,560 (3,660 if champion in Delray Beach)
8. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 3,250
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) / 3,200
10. Holger Rune (Also) / 3,161
11. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 2,995
12. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 2,745
13. Cameron Norrie (GBR) / 2,615
14. Karen Khachanov (Russian) / 2,470
15. Frances Tiafoe (USA) / 2,350
Source: La Verdad
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