Carlos Alcaraz lived through Monday one of his worst moments of the year, injuries aside. The Murcian was surprised in the third round of the Masters 1000 in Rome by a young and unknown Hungarian tennis player, Fabian Marozsan, who showed his best tennis to win 6-3, 7-6(4) and take him out of the last big tournament before Roland Garros.
Despite everything, Carlitos guarantees his ascent to the first place in the world ranking next Monday, May 22moment in which he will once again overcome a Novak Djokovic who is still in the match to revalidate his title of champion in the Italian capital.
After winning the Mutua Madrid Open, Alcaraz was only 5 points behind Djokovica distance he played with no problem reaching the third round in Rome.
The student of Juan Carlos Ferrero has 0 in his locker of the Italian tournament because he resigned in 2022 because he felt physically punished. In participation he already had 10 points, which became 45 after his victory in the second round against Albert Ramos, so he is guaranteed to leave with an advantage of at least 40 points over Djokovicwhich can only match the 1,000 points of the current champion at the Foro Italico.
If the Serbian doesn’t revalidate the title, neither will Alcaraz he will increase his earnings to 860 points if Nole falls in the quarterfinals, 680 if he loses in the semifinals or 440 if he loses in the grand final Sunday.
Thus, Alcaraz is guaranteed to reach Roland Garros as world number 1 and, therefore, the first seed. there. both he and Djokovic will defend 360 points, because they lost in the quarterfinals of the last edition: the Spaniard, with Zverev and the Serbian, against Nadal. Being a semifinalist means 720, the finalist gets 1,200 and the champion, 2,000.
Not forgetting Russian Daniil Medvedev, who has 5,330 points but has more to gain in Rome (he has 0) and Roland Garros (180).
Source: La Verdad
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