Carlos Alcaraz lost his first ATP final but still has reason to celebrate. Photo: Reuters
The Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz became on Monday, after the update of the ATP ranking, in the youngest player to enter the top 5 since Rafael Nadal did it in 2005.
Despite losing the final of the ATP 500 in Hamburg on Sunday to Italian Lorenzo Musetti, who is now 31st, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4, the 19-year-old Spaniard scored the necessary points to continue the his trajectory rise and appear on Monday among the five best rackets in the world.
Rafael Nadal, 36 and now number 3 on the planet, managed to enter the top 5 for the first time, when he was only 18 years old.
Russian Daniil Medvedev remains number 1 on the planet, with German Alexander Zverev (# 2) and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (# 4) completing the top five on the list.
Medvedev hasn’t played for a long time but remains at the top. Photo: AFP
Recent Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia is seventh after the British tournament was stripped of points for banning Russian and Belarusian tennis players from participating.
The Argentines? Diego Schwartzman, back from difficult weeks, continues to be the best of his team despite the fact that he fell a step and finished 15th. On his heels is the nascent Francisco Cerúndolo, who has climbed six positions and is ranked 24th after two dream weeks in which he won the ATP 250 in Bastad and reached the semifinals in Hamburg, where Musetti stopped a series of eight consecutive victories. line.
The man from Buenos Aires will take a few days off before tackling the hard North American tour that will lead to the United States Open, the last Grand Slam of the season.
Further back, with a lost position, Sebastián Báez appears, returning to 32nd place.
Francisco Cerúndolo reached the semifinals in Hamburg. Photo: Reuters
top 20
1. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 7,775 points
2. Alexander Zverev (GER) 6,850
3. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6,165
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 5.045
5. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 4,895 (+1)
6. Casper Ruud (NOR) 4,890 (-1)
7. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 4,770
8. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 3.575
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3.445
10. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 3.185
11. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 3.025 (+1)
12. Taylor Fritz (USA) 2,960 (+1)
13. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 2,928 (-2)
14. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 2,430 (+1)
15. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 2.325 (-1)
16. Marin Cilic (CRO) 2.130
17. Reilly Opelka (United States) 2.055
18. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 1.740
19. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 1.615 (+1)
20. Roberto Bautista (ESP) 1,600 (-1)
Other Argentines in the top 100
24. Francisco Cerúndolo (ARG) 1.472 (+6)
32. Sebastian Baez (ARG) 1.263
72. Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 665 (+4)
73. Federico Coria (ARG) 660 (+5)
90. Pedro Cachin (ARG) 606
Source: AFP
Source: Clarin
