(Paris) Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who became the youngest world number one in history last year, is back at the top of the ATP on Monday, at the expense of Serbian star Novak Djokovic, who is falling in third place after his elimination in the quarterfinals in Rome.
The case was heard since it was enough for the prodigy from Murcia to play the 1st round of the Italian Masters 1000 to recover the throne, two months after being dislodged by “Djoko”.
Alcaraz did not particularly shine in Rome, as he was knocked out in the 3rd round by the modest Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, ranked beyond the top 100. But that was enough for the winner of the United States 2022 to overtake ” Nola”.
Defending champion, Novak Djokovic also achieved a relative poor performance in the Roman tournament, losing in the quarter-finals against the Dane Holger Rune.
As a result, the Serb drops to 3rd place, also doubled by the Russian Daniil Medvedev (2nd), winner Sunday in Rome of his second Masters 1000 of the season, after Miami. It is also his very first title on clay, which bodes well before the start of Roland-Garros, in less than a week.
Holger Rune, his opponent in the final, is consoled for his part by gaining a place, 6th, which is his best ranking.
Beyond the top 10, the Spanish legend Rafael Nadal, who announced his package for the rest of the season, lost an additional place (15th). But the Mallorcan is mostly living his last days among the top names on the circuit, before disappearing from the top 100 next month, for the first time in 20 years.
1. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 6815 pts (1)2 Daniel Medvedev (RUS) 6330 ( 1)3 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 5955 (-2)4 Casper Ruud (NOR) 49155. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 47756. Holger Rune (DEN) 4375 ( 1)7 Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4270 (-1)8 Jannik Sinner (ITA) 34359. Taylor Fritz (US) 339010. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 306511. Karen Khachanov (RUS) 294512. Frances Tiafoe (USA) 279013. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 2525 ( 2) . 14. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 2520 (-1)15. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 2445 (-1)1 Borna Coric (CRO) 241017. Tommy Paul (US) 213518. Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 2040 (1)1 Alex De Minaur (AUS) 1870 (-1)2 Matteo Berrettini (ITA)
