Novak Djokovic He began the defense of his tenth Australian Open title and world number one with a strong victory over the 18-year-old Croatian. Dino Prizmicwhich forced the 24-time Grand Slam champion to a four-hour premiere in Melbourne.
As he opens his participation on Sunday, on the day added by the organization as something new since this edition, the Serbian will have two days to prepare for his rivalry with the Australian. Alexei Popyrinto be played on Wednesday.
This Tuesday, against the French Richard Gasquetstart now Carlos Alcaraz, who at 20 is a candidate to dethrone ‘Nole’, as he did last Wimbledon. The Spaniard has the mathematical options to regain command of the ATP classification.
Both Djokovic and Alcaraz are on their own, with a slight cushion of advantage for the Balkan should he suffer an unexpected setback in the early qualifiers.
In the ranking Djokovic appears with 11,055 points, but he has to subtract 2,000. He starts with 9,055, compared to Alcaraz’s 8,855, which only increases because he got 0 in 2023 when he was out due to injury.
Between them, there is a distance of 200 points, which means that the Spaniard will only enter the fight for No.
Alcaraz will take the No. 1 if:
-He is a champion
– Reach the final and it’s not against Djokovic
– He was a semi-finalist and Djokovic didn’t make it past the quarterfinals
– Reached the quarterfinals, Djokovic fell in the round of 16 or earlier and Medvedev was not the champion
yes, Medvedev is the third person, although in his case it will only count if he lifts the trophy on Sunday the 28th and neither Alcaraz nor Djokovic make it to the semifinals.
The champion continues to accumulate 2,000 points, but there are more prizes for the finalist (from 1,200 to 1,300), there is more reward for reaching the semifinals (720 to 800), quarterfinals (360 to 400) , eighth (180 to 200) , sixteenth (90 to 100) and second round (45 to 50).
This is the ATP world ranking
1. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 11,055 points
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 8,855
3. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 7,555
4. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 6,490
5. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 5,010
6. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 4,275
7. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) / 4,025
8. Holger Rune (Also) / 3,815
9. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 3,320
10. Alex de Minaur (Aus) / 2,950
11. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 2,910
12. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 2,840
13. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) / 2,775
14. Tommy Paul (USA) / 2,670
15. Karen Khachanov (Russian) / 2,430
16. Ben Shelton (USA) / 2,225
17. Frances Tiafoe (USA) / 2,100
18. Nicolás Jarry (Chi) / 1,870
19. Adrian Mannarino (Fra) / 1,765
20. Ugo Humbert (Fra) / 1,765
Source: La Verdad
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