Novak Djokovic he won his sixth Masters 1000 ATP de Rome beating the Greek in the final Stefanos Tsitsipas by 6-0 and 7-6 (5). The Serbian, who will turn 35 on Sunday, May 22, will defend the Roland Garros title, which will begin on the day of his anniversary and end on January 5.
The draw for the Parisian tournament will be held on Thursday, May 19 at 7:00 pm He will post the world ranking to be published this Monday, after the Roman tournament.
Novak Djokovic needed to reach the semi-finals to maintain world number oneand continued, leaving Russian Daniil Medvedev, who reappeared in Geneva after hernia surgery to prepare for Roland Garros.
Rafa Nadal dropped from fourth to fifth position in the ATP ranking. He only held 90 of the 1,000 points he defended in the Foro Italico. The ten -time dominator of the event was left in the round of 16, defeated by Canadian Denis Shapovalov in a match in which he lasted a lame and a half set.
This is his priority for Roland Garros, which he has beaten thirteen times. Reduce pain in an “incurable” left footwho dragged from the beginning of his career a chronic, degenerative injury, to give himself a chance to compete, according to his native language.
Carlos Alcaraz, who decided not to participate in Roma after wins in Godó and Madrid, providing continuation of his victories in Rio de Janeiro and Miami, continues to the sixth step of the ranking. He had to deliver 125 points from Oeiras on Monday, 23rd, but the Roland Garros table was already designed.
Nadal will be the first seeded and Medvedev should start as the second closing of the box. alexander zverevthird, and Stefanos TsitsipasFourth, they will definitely go to different sides.
And Nadal and Alcaraz? With the loss of a place for Rafa, and as long as there is no last-minute drop from the top-4 that breaks the world ranking order, they will not be measured before the semifinals. And they are in danger of being paired in hypothetical rooms with Djokovic.
Nadal, Alcaraz, Rublev and Ruud, from 5 to 8, will be distributed at the same time. Two will go at the top, one is both of Djokovic’s sector, and the other pair at the bottom.
The other blocks are from the 9th to the 16th seed and the next, from the 17th to the 32nd. The rest, by pure draw, according to their names appear in the computer process that Roland Garros has been using for several years.
In the ATP Race, the ranking of the year, Rafa Nadal retained first place, it was that he added more in 2022. Tsitsipas took second position from Carlos Alcaraz. Novak Djokovic is coming soon
ATP World Rankings
After Rome and for the Roland Garros draw
1. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 8,660
2. Daniil Medvedev (Rus’) / 7,980
3. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 7,200
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) / 6,170
5. Rafael Nadal (Spa) / 5,525
6. Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) / 4,770
7. Andrey Rublev (Rus) / 3,945
8. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 3,940
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) / 3,850
10. Matteo Berrettini (Ita) / 3,805
Race to Turin 2022
Points added and aggregated this year
1. Rafael Nadal (Spa) / 3,620
2. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) / 3,490
3. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 3,460
4. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) / 2025
5. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 1,980
6. Andrey Rublev (Rus) / 1920
7. Daniil Medvedev (Rus) / 1,900
8. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 1,765
9. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 1,615
10. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 1,610
Source: La Verdad
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