The semifinals of the ATP 500 in Beijing will bring together three of the top-5 in the ATP world ranking. The Italian is there Jannik Sinner (1), Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (3) and the Russian Daniel Medvedev. The absentees are German Alexander Zverev (2), who dropped out of the draw due to illness, and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (4), who took another week of rest and preparation before returning to the Shanghai Masters 1000 ATP, where they will all be together in the next few days.
The ATP ranking podium will continue to be the same when the Beijing tournament ends, but with a change in the established order. He continued to lead, undeterred by the cumulative advantage of being the US Open champion, Jannik Sinner (10,880 points), but again there is Carlos Alcaraz (6,710), which is guaranteed to be exceeded Alexander Zverev (6,705) by five points after defeating the Russians in the quarterfinals Karen Khakhanov by 7-5 and 6-2.
With this result, Alcaraz equaled the result of the 2023 edition, adding 20 points to his account because this season some of the rounds of the tournaments received more bonuses.
Sinner, who beat the Czech Jiri Leheckadropping 300 points so far as he defends the 500 point champion. In any case, he knows he will leave the Chinese capital with more than 3,000 points in Alcaraz. A figure that is also close to its distance in the ATP Race, the ranking that includes points has been confirmed in this campaign.
In Shanghai, where Sinner and Alcaraz They can meet again in the semifinals, the Italian will show 90 points, the same as the Spaniard. Zverev, only 10, so he will continue his particularly direct battle with Alcaraz for second place.
1. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 10,880
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 6,710
3. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 6,705
4. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 5,560
5. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 5,375
6. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 4,700
7. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 4,060
8. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 4,060
9. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 3,965
10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 3,840
1. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 9,200
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 6,210
3. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 6,115
4. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 4,620
5. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 3,890
6. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 3,795
7. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 3,580
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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