Carlos Alcaraz opened his official ATP Tour title haul by winning the 250 category tournament in Umag, Croatia. At the age of 18, he rose from 73rd to 55th place in the ATP world ranking. Twelve months and a week later, he did not retain the crown on balkan clay, but his entry into the top-4 of the classification was assured, reaching the final.
At the age of 19, he has already entered the top four in the world. He debuted in the top-10 on April 25, in the next ATP list, this Monday, August 1, he will rise from fifth to fourth place, usurping the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Add 5,035 points, standing at 1,130 Rafael Nadalhas not done since he retired before the Wimbledon semifinals with an abdominal injury and is gearing up for his comeback, in Canadian ATP Masters 1000in Montreal from August 7 to 14.
Alcaraz won 150 points in Umag, one hundred less than last season’s champion. Although 250 have since been deducted before for a small change of week between one edition and another. It therefore adds 140 net points, subtracting 10 from the result of Denia ITF which dragged from 2020.
The tennis player from El Palmar has won the most games so far, 42, along with Tsitsipas. With the global ATP Tour balance, 75-25, unable to round off his centenary by succumbing to his former executioner at Wimbledon, Jannik Sinner6-7 (5), 6-1 and 6-1.
Despite losing the finals in Hamburg and Umag in back-to-back weeks, Alcaraz took another step towards his goal of finishing the course with eight course highlights, making his debut at the ATP Finals. In the Race, the points for 2022, he is second with 4,270. Rafael Nadal continues to lead, with 5,620. Tsitsipas is third with 3,965.
An indicator that the two Spaniards could enter the fight for a world number one held by the Russian Daniel Medvedev, which dropped 150 points in the new classification. They are half of the 300 from the 2019 Washington final, reminiscent of the extra coronavirus score that ends in a week.
Muscotiva tops the ATP rankings with 7,625 points, to the injured German’s 6,850 Alexander Zverev and 6,165 from Rafa Nadal, who closes the podium as Alcaraz watches from the middle distance.
Within the top-10, another change: up Novak Djokovic at the expense of Casper Ruud, who eliminated the 250-point champion of Kitzbuehel, a tournament won by Roberto Bautista this week.
Jannik Sinner continues to close out the current top-10 despite winning his sixth ATP title, first on clay.
The hard court takes center stage in the Washington ATP 500 dispute, with Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz as the main series leader, and the ATP 250 in Los Cabos, with Medvedev as the early favorite. the canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime is the second.
ATP World Rankings
(August 1, 2022)
1. Daniil Medvedev (Rus) / 7,625
2. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 6,850
3. Rafael Nadal (Spa) / 6,165
4. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 5,035
5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) / 5,000
6. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 4,770
7. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 4,685
8. Andrey Rublev (Rus) / 3,575
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) / 3,445
10. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 3,395
11. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 3,015
12. Cameron Norrie (GBR) / 2,893
13. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 2,825
14. Matteo Berrettini (Ita) / 2,430
15. Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) / 2,245
18. Roberto Bautista (Spa) / 1,850
Race ATP 2022
Cumulative points this year
1. Rafael Nadal (Spa) / 5,620
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) / 4,270
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) / 3,965
4. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 3,315
5. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 2,700
6. Daniil Medvedev (Rus) / 2,575
7. Andrey Rublev (Rus) / 2,415
8. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) / 2,365
9. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 2,060
10. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 1970
13. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 1,680
Source: La Verdad
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