(Paris) Winner of the Cincinnati Masters 1000 on Sunday after a spectacular final, Novak Djokovic has come a little closer to the place of world No. 1, still occupied on Monday by Carlos Alcaraz, an unfortunate finalist.

In the United States, “Djoko” exacted revenge on the 20-year-old Spanish phenom, who had robbed him of the Wimbledon title a few weeks earlier. He had not entered any tournament since.

But to do this, it took Djokovic five match points and 3:49 of play, and while the Spaniard had won the first set, to finally win in three sets (7-5, 7- 6 [9/7], 7-6 [7-4]).

This victory, the third in Cincinnati and the fourth of the season for the Serb, allows Novak Djokovic to grab points on his evening opponent and to approach the place of world No. 1, which he gave up in June. last.

Behind, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, eliminated in the round of 16 by Alexander Zverev, is still third while the Dane Holger Rune climbs to 4th place in the world, at the expense of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas who loses three places.