The Serbian and world number one will not be in Shanghai and the Spaniard, his immediate chaser in the rankings, will be looking to shave around 1,500 points off him.
Carlos Alcarazcurrently number 2 in world tennis, will try to chip away at 1,500 points from Novak Djokovicwhich is the one, of the two tournaments that the Murcian will compete in China, the ATP 500 in Beijing and the Masters 1000 in Shanghaiand in which the Serbian has already announced that he will not participate.
The young tennis player, 20 years old, will debut in the championships and will do the Asian tour for the first time after the American, who finished at the United States Open, faced the fourth and final Grand Slam of the season where he lost in the semifinals against Russian Daniil Medvedev by 6-7 (4), 1-6, 6-3 and 3- 6. In New York, Alcaraz’s defending title was won by Djokovic, so now the 36-year-old veteran player from Belgrade is the outstanding leader of the ATP ranking with 11,795 points, which is 3,260 more than the Spanish havewhich now has 8,535.
Despite this current difference, Alcaraz is confident of having a good final stage of the course from Beijing and will pass through Shanghai to return to Europe and compete in the ATP 500 in Basel, Switzerland; the Paris-Bercy Masters 1,000, in France; and the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy.
It should be considered that the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero defends only 380 points in the tournaments that remain to be held in 2023, the 180 he achieved last year in Basilia when he reached the semifinals, another 180 in Paris , where he was a quarterfinalist. – He will be able to recover all those points and increase them even more by planning his presence for both events – and the 20 from Astana, which he will give up by not participating on this occasion in the ATP 250 that’s where 12 months ago. eliminated in the first round. .
Alcaraz can add 4,140 new points to his account Well, in addition to the 1,500 that will be put into play in China, he is in position to win the 320 in Basel, the 820 in Paris and the 1,500 in the Masters Cup where he will be making his debut after missing the previous edition due to a hamstring injury. belly when He had the right to participate and as the first seed. In the hypothetical case that Alcaraz wins all the points to which he will have access ending the year with 12,675.
Meanwhile, Djokovic, without knowing his final schedule for these months, will defend 2,850 points – 1,500 in Turin, where he won in 2022 and also won his five matches -, 600 in Paris, 500 in Basel and 250 in Tel Aviv, in Israel.
In those four tournaments he will only have the opportunity to increase his score in the ATP ranking with 400 points in the French capital, where he lost in the final last year, because in the others he won the title.
Source: Tycsports
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