The ATP ranking and the changing of the guard in the tennis elite: Carlos Alcaraz recovers 1 and Rafa Nadal leaves the top ten after 18 years

Carlos Alcaraz recovered the number 1 of the ATP this Monday by winning on Sunday in Indian Wells and displacing Novak Djokovicc, now second, according to the ranking published this Monday, in which Rafael Nadal falls out of the top ten for the first time in 18 years. Yes, the changing of the guard in world tennis seems to be irreversible.

Alcaraz, 19, has shown that he doesn’t know it his insatiable game is not the product of chance. The young Spaniard moved up the rankings for the first time after winning the US Open in September 2022.

However, Djokovic regained his No. 1 after winning the Australian Open in January, but missed Indian Wells as he was not vaccinated against Covid-19. Therefore, the Murciano needed to win the trophy and he did it on Sunday by demolishing the Russian Daniil Medvedev (6-3 and 6-2) in the final and he now has 260 lights on Serbian.

The winner of 22 Grand Slam tournaments will, for the same reason, not be in the Masters 1000 in Miami, which begins on Wednesday, so Alcaraz could extend the distance.

Nadal, who did not compete in the California desert as he was recovering from his physical problems to get fit for the slow round the court, It came off the selected lot this Monday for the first time in 18 years! The Spaniard moved from ninth to 13th place.

The Spaniard, who shares the record of 22 Grand Slam victories with Djokovic, has been among the ten best tennis players in the world since 2005, un record in the history of this sport.

The Argentines? Francis Cerundolo is still the best and appears this week one position higher (31st), but Sebastian Baezwhich has moved up two notches, is lurking from 33rd place. diego schwartzmannwho tried his luck with little luck on a Challenger last week, remains in 38th position.

The top 20 of the ATP rankings

1. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 7420 points (+1)

2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7160 (-1)

3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 5770

4. Casper Ruud (NOR) 5560

5. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 4330 (+1)

6. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3415 (+4)

7.Andrey Rublev (RUS) 3390

8. Holger rune (DEN) 3325

9. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 3065 (+2)

10. Taylor Fritz (USA) 2975 (-5)

11. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 2925 (+2)

12. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 2815

13. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 2715 (-4)

14. Frances Tiafoe (USA) 2710 (+2)

15. Alexander Zverev (GER) 2580 (-1)

16. Karen Khachanov (RUS) 2505 (-1)

17. Pablo Carreño (ESP) 2230

18. Alex De Minaur (AUS) 2085

19.Tommy Paul (USA) 2045

20. Borna Coric (CRO) 1905

Argentines among the top 100

31. Francesco Cerundolo (ARG) 1,320 (+1)

33. Sebastian Baez (ARG) 1,170 (+2)

38. Diego Schwartzmann (ARG) 990

63. Pedro Cachin (ARG) 822 (+3)

67. Federico Coria (ARG) 795 (-3)

73. Tomás Martín Etcheverry (ARG) 734 (-12)

100. Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 561 (-4)

Source: AFP