Alcaraz accounts for taking the number 1 from Djokovic before Wimbledon

This Tuesday Carlos Alcaraz confirmed his participation in the Queen contest. The Murcian was a doubt after the discomfort in his left wrist that dragged him from the Roland Garros semifinal against Novak Djokovic, but finally everyone was left with a fear and he will lead the poster of the prestigious tournament in London.

so, Carlos will have a chance to regain the number 1 that was taken from him by the Serbian to his success on the clay of Paris.

Accounts are very simple: it is only worth winning the title. Alcaraz (7,175) is currently 420 points behind Djokovic (7,595), so only 500 picked up by the champion will help him return to the top of the ranking.

Should he become a finalist, for example, he would add 300 (7,475) and be 120 behind the Serbian, who has already announced that he will not compete again until Wimbledon.

That’s where the next battle for number 1 will take place since, whatever happens at Queen’s, there is very little difference between the twoso that either one is in a position to surpass the other.

As happened at Roland Garros, both defend at Wimbledon the same number of points, in this case 0. The tournament’s decision to ban the participation of Russian and Belarusian players caused the ATP to impose a penalty of not counting points, so that all players add up all the points they achieved on the grass of the All England Tennis Club this year.

Alcaraz’s main rival at Queen’sin the absence of any last-minute invitations, are the Danish Holger Rune and the American Taylor Fritz, without forgetting the current champion, a Matteo Berrettini far from the level that led him to win the title 12 months ago.