Technical tie in Grand Slam. two for Jannik Sinner (Australian Open and US Open) and another pair in the record four in Carlos Alcaraz (Roland Garros and Wimbledon). Although the overall victory in Italian points, he almost sealed the fight for world number one by winning in New York, where the Murcian failed miserably, not passing the second round.
In the first season without a ‘Big 3’ champion since 2017, Sinner, 23, and Alcaraz, 21, took the alternative The Italian, absent from the Olympic Games, where the Spaniard won, scored 9,000 points on the season this. almost 3,000 more than Murcian (6,010).
Alcaraz’s breakdown at Paris 2024 will have a big impact on the battle for world No. 1. The student of Juan Carlos Ferrero The main goal was set to recover it and, above all, get it at the end of the season. He did not add any points for the Olympic event, he resigned in Montreal to rest and gave up from the start in Cincinnati. Included in the second round at the US Open, a poor North American record of 60 points. For Sinner’s 3,200, that explains the true distance of 2,090.
Although in the world ranking, which combines the results of the last 52 weeks and not the calendar year (the two classifications were identical before the ATP Finals), the difference is greater. Sinner surpassed the barrier of 11,000 points (11,180), with the German Alexander Zverev new seconds (7,075), Alcaraz maintaining third place (6,690) and Novak Djokovic dropped two spots, to fourth with 5,560.
There are 4,490 points in between Sinner and Alcaraz. Although, the Italian will defend 2,180 until the end of the course, while the Spanish will only defend 680.
Alcaraz He will compete with Sinner at the ATP 500 in Beijing, the ATP Masters 1000 in Shanghai, the 1000 in Paris and the ATP Finals in Turin. There is a maximum of 4,000 points. The Murcian will play the Davis Cup next week, which also does not award ATP ranking points.
Taylor FritzUS Open finalist, rose from twelfth to seventh place, returned to top-10, where he fell Alex de Minaur.
1. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 11,180
2. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 7,075
3. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 6,690
4. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 5,560
5. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 5,475
6. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 4,645
7. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 4,060
8. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 4,060
9. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 4,010
10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) / 3,965
11. Alex de Minaur (Aus) / 3,655
12. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) / 3,390
13. Tommy Paul (USA) / 3,005
14. Holger Rune (Also) / 2,780
15. Sebastian Korda (USA) / 2,585
16. Frances Tiafoe (USA) / 2,560
1. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 9,000
2. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 5,915
3. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 6,010
4. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 4,420
5. Taylor Fritz (USA)/ 3,890
6. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 3,795
7. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 3,480
8. Alex de Minaur (Aus) / 3,305
9. Novak Djokovic (Srb)/ 3,260
10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) / 2,835
Source: La Verdad
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