Carlos Alcaraz accounts to return to world number 1 in Indian Wells

The Novak Djokovic drops out of Indian Wells Masters 1000 because of his refusal to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, he opened the fight for number 1 in the world in the Californian tournament with Carlos Alcaraz. Of course, the difficulty of the Murcian to regain the leadership of the ranking will be the highest, though Alcaraz, who has had physical problems in recent weeks as an additional opponentdepends on himself for it.

Djokovic He will not lose ranking points, as last year he did not play the first Masters 1000 of the year. So you stay on 7160. while, Alcaraz defending 360 points from last year’s semifinals, when he lost to Rafa Nadal, so his 6780 points 6420 reais.

Therefore, Alcaraz is almost 740 points behind Djokovic in the accounts, which This leaves you with only one option to reclaim number 1 in Indian Wells: win the tournament, because the finalist added “only” 600 points. By just 1,000 of the title he has dethroned Djokovic with 7,420 points, compared to his rival’s 7,160.

Of course, even to achieve that goal, the next challenge for Alcaraz is to maintain the number 1 in Miami and again the situation will be complicated. Starting with the event that Djokovic’s ban from entering the United States was extended and the Serb was unable to score points in Miami, Alcaraz must defend 1000 of his titles to remain at 7420 as the leader of the ATP. No other result would have been worth it, because in the final he would lose 400 and go down to 7020, always with Djokovic at 7160. In short, Alcaraz will be number 1 after Indian Wells if he wins the tournament and can only become number 1 after Indian Wells and Miami if he wins the doubles.