Because Carlos Alcaraz can escape even more in the ATP rankings in the rest of the year

After a week in which the attention of the tennis world has focused on Laver cup of London, an event that does not distribute points and which marked the last function of the race Roger Federerand in which two 250 category tournaments were also played (San Diego and Metz), there were no significant movements in the elite of the world ranking of the ATP. This Monday’s update showed only one change in the top 20: the Italian’s return to the top 10 bracket. Sinner Jannikwhich displaced the Pole on the 11th step Hubert Hurkacz. At the top is Spanish Carlos Alcarazwho has many possibilities to significantly increase his personal harvest and establish himself at the top, in the final stretch of the season.

“I see myself finishing the year as number 1”19-year-old Murcian said Friday. His words don’t just reflect a desire; They are a statement supported by specific data from the current ranking and by the good moment that Carlitos is experiencing, who just over two weeks ago won his first Grand Slam in New York and became the youngest player to reach the first place in classification. .

The Spaniard is first with 6,740 points and, not fielding many units in the coming months (just 270), he could reach 3,230 more in the four tournaments he will play by the end of the year and reach 9,970.

In 2021 the last contests in which Alcaraz participated were the ATP 500 Viennain Austria, where he reached the semifinals (took 180 points) and the Masters of Paris 1000in France, where he reached the round of 16 (90).

This year he is missing four scoring matches before his last appearance in this 2022, which will be, if there are no setbacks, the playoffs of the Finals of Davis Cupscheduled from 23 to 27 November in Malaga and with no points up for grabs.

the pupil of Giovanni Carlo Ferrero will play next week Astana ATP 500, in Kazakhstan, where he did not appear last year. From 24 to 30 October he will play baselalways in the 500 category. In the Swiss race he will have the chance to defend the 180 he added in 2021 in Vienna, something that he will miss this time.

He will then travel to the French capital for the last Masters 1000 of the year. In Paris-Bercy will put into play the 90 obtained in the last edition, in which he beat the French 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-2) and 7-5 Pierre Hughes Herbert At the debut he won 7-6 (7-1) and 7-5 in the second round against the Italian Sinner and lost in the second round 6-4 and 7-5 with another local, Hugo Gaston. If he wins the title, that would be the third of him in this category (he won You love me in March and Madrid in May), could add 910 units to the rankings.

The last stage of the Murcian calendar in this 2020 will be the ATP Finalswhich will bring together the eight best players of the season in Turin from 13 to 20 November and for which he was classified for almost three weeks.

Carlitos will make his debut in that game, having played – and won – last year New generation masters the one played in Milan with the best Under 21 of the year and which does not even count for the ranking.

If he achieves his first Masters title, he could win up to 1,500 points, a prize awarded by the tournament to whoever becomes the invited champion. It is worth remembering that 200 points are awarded for each victory in the Italian group (in which each player plays three games), 400 for the victory in the semifinal and 500 for the victory in the final.

This is how the landscape looks for Carlitos, who today leads the Norwegian for 890 Casper Ruudhis escort in the standings, in 930 to his compatriot Rafael Nadalwhich is third, and of 1,675 to the Russian Daniel Medvedev, fourth. Only his current peers in the top 3 seem to be able to take away the privileged place he now occupies.

Ruud, likewise, has a lot to defend at the end of the year. This week he is playing the ATP 250 Seoulwhere he puts into play the 250 he won last year when he won the title in San Diego and which will disappear from his ranking next Monday.

Next, you will need to revalidate the 90 of the 2021 edition of Indian wells, which has changed its date due to the pandemic and will expire on 17 October; the same figure from the quarter-finals in Vienna (31 October); 180 in the quarter-finals in Paris (November 7) and another 400 in the semi-finals of the ATP Finals (lost in that case 6-4 and 6-2 to Medvedev after winning two of his three matches in the first phase). In total, 1010 units.

Nadal, the other already qualified for the Torino Masters, is faced with a more favorable scenario to think about recovering the n. 1. It is that the Majorcan ended his 2021 in August, to rest his left foot, in which he suffers from a chronic injury, and therefore does not defend points. Despite being quite far from Alcaraz and, after crashing in the round of 16 of the US Open, he announced that he had some personal business to attend to (his wife will give birth to her first child next month) and did not know when he would be back on the circuit (it was the weekend in London to accompany Federer in his heartfelt farewell).

Thus, Alcaraz – who has amassed more wins than any other player on the circuit this season, 52 wins in 62 games – has more than enough reason to think that number 1 will not escape him in this 2022 dream.

The movements of the Argentines

Just as there have not been many changes in the elite of the world rankings, there have also been no major changes among the best Argentine tennis players in the rankings. Diego Schwartzmann continues to lead the list of national racketeering. The smallwho was part of the team over the weekend World which won the Laver Cup for the first time in five editions – remained on the 17th step.

A little further back they appear Francesco Cerundolowhich follows 27 °; Sebastian Baez, which rose one place to 36th; Y Pedro Cachin, which fell from three to 60 degrees; all no activity last week. The others in the top 100 are Federico Coriathat after playing the semifinals of Sibiu Challenger, Romania, rises one position and is 70 °; Y Thomas Etcheverrywho went from 89th to 87th after reaching the round of 16 in San Diego ATP 250.

Among the most notable promotions are those of Nicholas Kicker Y Mariano Navonechampion and runner-up Villa Maria Challenger, Cordova. The former, who earned his first title in this category since his return to the circuit after serving a match-fixing penalty, climbed 51 places and returned to the top 200 (he is 183rd). And Navone climbed 68 steps and finished 265th, his best position.

With information from EFE and AFP