it lasted two weeks Carlos Alcaraz to world number one, to add twenty-two of permanence so far in the career. The 19-year-old leader, the youngest in the ATP rankings, was crowned at the 2022 US Open, seeing from home how Novak Djokovic He took first place at the Australian Open and came back from injury to win the ATP Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and regain control.
He didn’t defend it in Miami, where he needed to revalidate the title and the 1,000 points that come with it to maintain the number 1 ranking. He lost in the semifinals against Italian Jannik Sinner, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, his first loss in eleven games.
Carlos Alcaraz has 7,420 points, with an advantage of 640 in Indian Wells, leaving Novak Djokovic (7,160) to 260. But the Murcian defends 1,000, while the Balkan has 0 because he cannot access the United States United States in 2022 because he was not vaccinated against covid.
In qualifying for the semifinals, the Spaniard tied 360 of those 1,000, with a loss of 640. He remains with 6,780, 380 behind. Djokovic, which continues at 7,160 and on Monday, April 3, it will begin its 381 week as ATP No. His record of permanence will grow, he will go further than 310 ng Roger Federer.
The bid for number 1 will continue on European clay. In a direct fight because, without a physical incident, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will finally coincide with a painting in which Monte Carlo Masters 1000 ATPfrom April 9 to 16.
In total clay up Roland Garros, Alcaraz will show 1,870 points, only 10 in Monaco. A small number in which he keeps pace with Djokovic, who throughout that tour will defend 1,730, 500 less than the Spaniard.
the russian Daniel Medvedev he will take fourth place from Norway’s Casper Ruud if he wins Sunday’s final in Miami. Jannik Sinner back to the top-10. Having secured ninth place, he will move up to sixth if he is champion.
The other semifinalist Karen Khachanova moved up from 16th to 11th position, which caused Rafael Nadal I dropped another rung on the world ladder, finishing fourteenth.
This is the world ranking
1. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 7,160
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Span) / 6,780
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) / 5,770
4. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 5,005
5. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 4,750
6. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 3,470
7. Felix Auger-Alissime (Can) / 3,450
8. Holger Rune (Also) / 3,370
9. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 3,345
10. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 2,975
11. Karen Khachanov (Russian) / 2,855
12. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 2750
13. Cameron Norrie (GBR) / 2,735
14. Rafael Nadal (Span) / 2,715
15. Frances Tiafoe (USA) / 2,665
16. Alexander Zverev (German) / 2,410
17. Pablo Carreño (Span) / 2,185
Source: La Verdad
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