It could be the first time in the history of the Miami Masters 1000 ATP that the top four seeds in the draw have advanced to the semifinal round, which will be played this Friday on the center court of the Hard Rock Stadium.
Since the creation of this category of tournaments in 1990, the highest after the Grand Slams, this situation has occurred on only six other occasions. There was no seventh at Miami 2024, as first seed Carlos Alcaraz failed, losing 6-2 and 6-4 to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
The Spaniard was not accompanied by his greatest rivals in the first third of the season, the Italian Jannik Sinner (2), the Russian Daniil Medvedev (3) and the German Alexander Zverev (4), whom Dimitrov will certainly face and not. Alcaraz.
Serbian Novak Djokovic changed the seeding order by withdrawing from competing in the event. He stepped down to focus on the European clay court tour.
He did not defend any ranking points, he will continue to lead the ATP world ranking, with 9,725 points that he currently has. He had an advantage over Carlos Alcaraz of 920, which will grow after the elimination of the Murcian.
This one didn’t even match the semifinals of Miami 2023, with 160 remaining, remaining at 8,645, 1,080 behind the Serbian. His number two was again in danger, as it was in Indian Wells, although it depended on himself, he solved it by defeating Jannik Sinner in the semis.
The Italian will take it if he is champion on Sunday, accumulating 8,710 points. So far he has not added because he is defending 600 as a finalist in 2023. There is a thousand exposed by the defending champion and his rival this Friday in the semis, Daniil Medvedev, who above all can revalidate 1,000 score it and move on. with 7,765.
In the ATP Race, the list that reflects the points accumulated in the calendar year, in 2024, Jannik Sinner is tied for No. 1 when Miami finished. As well as moving a bit further away from Alcaraz, as Medvedev will also do. This means they get more strength to attack No. 1 by Djokovic on clay.
In fact, Alcaraz was even surpassed by Alexander Zverev. There is a mathematical option that Dimitrov will also surpass him, winning the trophy.
1. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 9,725 pts.
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 8,645
3. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 8,110
4. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 7,165
5. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 5,415
6. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 4,890
7. Holger Rune (Also) / 3,795
8. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 3,615
9. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 3,425
10. Alex de Minaur (Aus) / 3,355
11. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) / 3,290
12. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) / 3,175
1. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 3,300
2. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 2,550
3. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 1,835
4. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 1,700
5. Alex de Minaur (Aus) / 1,495
6. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) / 1,215
7. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 1,060
8. Sebastián Báez (Arg) / 1,060
9. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 1,025
10. Ugo Humbert (Fra) / 1,025
Source: La Verdad
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