The points that Alcaraz can cut from Djokovic on the Asian tour

Carlos Alcarazcurrently number 2 in world tennis, opts to cut 1,500 points off Novak Djokovicwhich is the one, of the two tournaments that the Murcian will compete in China, the Beijing ATP 500 and the Shanghai Masters 1,000and in which the Serbian has already announced that he will not participate.

The young tennis player from El Palmar, 20 years old, will make his debut in those championships and compete on the Asian tour for the first time after facing the American, who finished at the United States Open, the fourth and last Grand Slam of season where he fell in the semifinals against Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (4), 1-6, 6-3 and 3-6.

In New York, the title Alcaraz was defending was won by Djokovic, so now The 36-year-old veteran player from Belgrade is the outstanding leader of the ATP ranking with 11,795 points, which is 3,260 more than Espanyol, which now has 8,535.

Despite this current difference, Alcaraz is confident of having a good final stage of the course from Beijing and will pass through Shanghai to return to Europe and compete in the ATP 500 in Basel, Switzerland; the Paris-Bercy Masters 1,000, in France; and the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy.

It should be considered The pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero is defending only 380 points In the tournaments that remain to be held in 2023, the 180 he achieved last year in Basel when he reached the semifinals, another 180 in Paris, where he was a quarterfinalist – he will be able to recover all those points and add more these. by planning his presence in both appointments – and the 20 from Astana, which he renounced by not participating on this occasion in that ATP 250 where he was eliminated in the first round 12 months ago.

Alcaraz can add 4,140 new points to his account because, in addition to the 1,500 to be gained in China, he is in position to win 320 in Basel, 820 in Paris and the 1,500 in the Masters Cup which he will win. debut after missing the previous edition due to a stomach injury when he was eligible to participate and as the first seed.

In the hypothetical case that Alcaraz wins all the points to which he has access, he would end the year with 12,675.

Meanwhile, Djokovic, without knowing his final schedule for these months, will defend 2,850 points – 1,500 in Turin, where he won in 2022 and also won his five matches -, 600 in Paris, 500 in Basel and 250 in Tel Aviv, in Israel.

In those four tournaments he will only have the chance to increase his score in the ATP ranking with 400 points in the French capital, where he lost in the final last year, because in the others he won the title.