On Friday the ATP (also the WTA) announced that they would not give any points for their respective world rankings in the next Wimbledon tournament if the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian players is maintained due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
This is a powerful proposal that will have a huge impact on the world ranking. Most affected are the players who had the best performance in 2021, with Novak Djokovic leading the way.
The Serbian was declared champion and scored 2,000 valuable points that this year will lose on July 11 no matter what he does in the third Grand Slam of the season. His current 8,660 points will be 6,660, and that’s as long as he wins at Roland Garros, where he’s also defending the title.. If he doesn’t, his score will drop below 6,000 or even 5,000 if he falls in the first rounds in Paris.
It cost him number 1, which, other than a big surprise at Roland Garros, will go to Daniil Medvedev. The Russian now has 7,980 points, but as of mid -July he had only 360 points defended at Roland Garros, 90 at Queen’s, 250 at Mallorca and 180 at Wimbledon.
Meaning, that in the worst case I would leave the tour on the grass 7,100 points, a figure that Alexander Zverev can only surpass if he puts up a good performance at Roland Garros and add enough points to the Halle tournament.
If Djokovic is the great victim, the big beneficiary is Carlos Alcaraz. Murcian only defended 45 points from his second round last year, so he barely noticed the effects of the ATP measure.
Charlie Brown has 4,770which would remain at 4,485 if we subtract the points he defended at Oeiras (125), Roland Garros (115) and the aforementioned 45 at Wimbledon.
The 2,500 points he can add over the next two months (2,000 at Roland Garros and 500 at Queen’s) will put him very close to Medvedev’s 7,000.an ideal situation to invade the throne during America’s hard court, where the Russian defended more than 3,500 points scored last year in his victories at the US Open (2,000) and the Toronto Masters 1000 (1,000), in the semifinals of Cincinnati (360) and the 2019 Washington final (150).
For your part Alcaraz defended 250 points of his Umag title at the timethe 90 from the Winston-Salem semis, the 35 from the second round in Cincinnati and the 360 from the US Open quarters.
And Nadal? Then the Balearic will also have his options, though it will be a bit harder than the Murcian because he is defending more points. From his locker (5,525 points) will have to subtract the 1,000 he showed at Roland Garros, the 360 from Wimbledon, plus another 500 from the Montreal Masters 1000 and 45 from the Washington Open.
Another of the candidates who will fight for the throne that Djokovic will free is Stefanos Tsitsipas, whose choices largely depend on his performance at Roland Garros, where he is defending 1,200 points after becoming a finalist last year.
In other words, an exciting battle that will inspire, and many, the next circuit tournaments.
ATP World Rankings
At the beginning of Roland Garros
1. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 8,660
2. Daniil Medvedev (Rus’) / 7,980
3. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 7,075
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) / 5,920
5. Rafael Nadal (Spa) / 5,525
6. Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) / 4,645
ATP World Rankings
After deducting the points until the end of Wimbledon
1. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) / 7,100
2. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 6,130
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) / 4,720
4. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 4,660
5. Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) / 4,485
6. Rafael Nadal (Spa) / 4,165
Source: La Verdad
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