Carlos Alcaraz He now has a roadmap for his return to the slopes this week in Beijing. The Murcian will not know until this Wednesday who his first rival is, because is paired with a player from the previous round.
In the second round, Alcaraz will face the winner of the match between Karen Khachanov and Lorenzo Musetti, while Casper Ruud is emerging as a possible rival for fourth places.
His last obstacle before the final should be, already in the semifinals, Jannik Sinnerwho must defeat Holger Rune in the quarterfinals.
Under the draw the big favorite is Daniil Medvedev, who will have a tough first match against Tommy Paul. Murray, Rublev, Tsitsipas and Zverev will be his toughest rivals on his way to the expected final with Alcaraz.
The current number 2 in world tennis decided to deduct 1,500 points from Novak Djokovicwhich is one, of the two tournaments that the Murcian will face in China, the ATP 500 in Beijing and the Masters 1,000 in Shanghai, and in which the Serbian will not participate.
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 the Spaniard, who now has 8,535.
Despite the current differences Alcaraz is confident that there will be a good final stage of the course from Beijing and through to 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 that the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero defends only 380 points in the tournaments that remain to be held in 2023the 180 he achieved last year in Basel when he reached the semifinals, another 180 in Paris, where he was a quarterfinalist – all those points can be recovered and increased by planning his presence for both event – and the 20 in Astana, who resigned by not participating on this occasion in that ATP 250 where he was eliminated in the first round 12 months ago.
Alcaraz could add 4,140 new points to his account then, In addition to the 1,500 at stake in China, he is in position to win the 320 in Basel, the 820 in Paris and the 1,500 in the Masters Cup where he will make his debut after missing the previous edition due to an abdominal injury when he earned the right to participate and also as the first seed.
In the hypothetical case that Alcaraz wins all the points to which he has access, he will finish the year 12,675.
Djokovic, meanwhile and his final schedule for these months is unknown, will defend 2,850 points -the 1,500 in Turin, where he won in 2022 and also won his five games-, 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.
Source: La Verdad
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