Alcaraz stalks Djokovic in the ATP ranking | Tweet

Nathan Rivera

08/05/2023

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The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz has in his hand to be the number one in the ATP ranking and hold that privilege in Roland Garros, second Grand Slam tournament of the season, thanks to his victory in the Mutua Madrid Open that has placed him five points behind the Serbian Novak Djokovic.

The one from Belgrade could not be in the Caja Mágica tournament and lost the points for his 2022 semifinals, while the Murcian was able to defend their victories at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Conde de Godó Trophy and in the room Masters 1000 of the season and now he has in his hand to snatch the First place to the Balkan.

Djokovic adds 6,775 points to Alcaraz's 6,770, a meager difference of five points that he will play simply by jumping onto the track to debut in the Rome Masters 1000where he was not last year, while 'Nole' has to defend his victory.

After winning in Madrid, Alcaraz said:

I am ambitious and we are going for Rome.

The provisional podium of the ATP ranking completes it precisely Medvedev, in a 'Top 10' without too many changes, except for the exchange of positions between the American Taylor Fritz, ninth, and the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, tenth. On the other hand, the Spanish Rafael Nadal, who still hasn't played since his injury at the Australian Open, remains in 14th place.

Regarding the women's world ranking, the Polish Iga Swiatek continues to lead with almost 2,000 points ahead of the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkaagainst which he lost the final of the Mutua Madrid Open, with the American Jessica Pegula in third place.

For his part, Paula Badosawho reached the round of 16 in the Caja Mágica, rises seven places and is ranked 35th in the world, while Cristina Bucsa and Rebeka Masarova They also ascend and are 66 and 67 respectively in this classification.

(With information from Europe Press)

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