The draw for the US Open men’s draw cleared up, in addition to what will be the path of the favorites to win the title, what the direct confrontations could be like in the fight for number one in the world. A milestone to which five of the tennis players who will be present in New York after Alexander Zverev was injured due to injury.
Among the five candidates for number one, the two that could go further in the ranking after this fight are Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud. One of the two tennis players will be able to add a maximum of only 360 points in the tournament, since the Greek and the Norwegian could face each other, if there are no surprises, in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
One of the two could add only 720 points in the event that he reaches the semifinals of the tournament and falls to the great favorite for the top of the table, the Russian Daniil Medvedevcurrent champion of the tournament and current number one in the world.
The same assumption could take place in the semifinal of the lower part of the table, where Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz could face each other if neither of the two Spanish tennis players is surprised on their way through the tournament. In the event that Nadal and Alcaraz and Nadal meet in the semifinals, one of the two will keep 720 points regarding the ranking that, in the case of Nadal, could be enough for him to qualify for number one in the world based on other results with 6,350 points, but not for Alcaraz, who would keep a maximum of 5,460 points.
It should be noted that in the US Open final, 2,000 points will be awarded to the champion and 1,200 points to the runner-up. Only Medvedev and Nadal would be guaranteed to come out as number one if they win the title at the US Open (Nadal could add 7,630 and Medvedev 6,885) and only Nadal would make sure to be number one by being a finalist if the champion is another tennis player other than Medvedev, since he would keep 6,830 points, more than those that Tsitsipas (6,800) or Ruud (6,650) could add in the event that they won title. For its part, if it is Alcaraz who reaches the final and not Nadal, the Murcian could add a maximum of 6,740 points if he is champion and would become the youngest number one in history. The battle for the US Open and world number one is about to begin in New York.
This is the world ranking without the points of the US Open 2021
| Position | Tennis player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rafael Nadal | 5.630 |
| 2. | Alexander Zverev | 5.040 |
| 3. | Daniil Medvedev | 4.885 |
| 4. | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 4.800 |
| 5. | Carlos Alcaraz | 4.740 |
| 6. | Casper Ruud | 4.650 |
