Carlos Alcaraz He holed up late in the season, and not only did it cost him to say goodbye earlier than expected in the fight for number one at the end of the season, repeat the dominance of 2022, but he also distanced himself from the option. to regain it at the start of the battle of 2024, the Australian Open.
The Spaniard started in Melbourne, from January 14 to 28, with the advantage of adding every point he got, since he was absent from the previous edition due to an injury.
instead, Novak Djokovic He will be defending 2,000 points of his tenth crown in the field where he achieved the most performances to hold the record 24 Grand Slams, including 250 as the winner of the Adelaide tournament.
Alcaraz has no plans to play any official tournaments before that Grand Slam. Djokovic have signed up for the United Cup, the country’s competition for mixed teams.
The Serbian not only signed an eighth season as the No. 1 of the year, but he will celebrate entering his 400th week at the top of the ATP rankings knowing that his place is guaranteed for a long time to come.
He gave a great blow, got 400 points in the dispute with Carlos Alcaraz in the ‘semi’ of the ATP Finals, he consolidated his advantage to 500 plus as champion of Turin, beat the Italian in the final Jannik Sinnerready to enter the bid for No. 1 next season.
Djokovic He took 1,300 points from Turin, compared to 400 from Alcaraz. He added 900 to his Spanish lead, surpassing the 2,250 points he would present in Australia. He finished with 11,245, 2,390 above Murcian’s 8,855.
If ‘Nole’ loses to Sinner, that difference will remain at 1,890. Related in Balkan’s favor, although there is no margin in case he suffers an accident, physical or sporting, in January.
Sinner, a finalist, added 1,000 points to his ATP account, boosting his fourth-place finish, the best of his career, to the 22-year-old. Approaching No. 3 in Russian Daniel Medvedev.
This is what the 2023 world ranking looks like
1. Novak Djokovic (Srb) 11,245 (+1,300 in Turin)
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) 8,855 (+400)
3. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) 7,600 (+400)
4. Jannik Sinner (Ita) 6,490 (+1,000)
5. Andrey Rublev (Russian) 4,805
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) 4,235
7. Alexander Zverev (Ale) 3,985 (+400)
8. Holger Rune (Also) 3,660 (+200)
9. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 3,245
10. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3,100
Source: La Verdad
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