Carlos Alcaraz won 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1) and 6-3 against Casper Ruud in 3 hours and 20 minutes to proclaim US Open champion (his first career Grand Slam) and become the youngest number 1 in tennis history with 19 years and 129 days succeeding Lleyton Hewitt, who achieved it on November 19, 2001 with 20 years and 9 months.
According to him ‘Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings’ Carlos Alcaraz, who started the US Open in fourth place, is already the twenty-eighth number one 1 of the history with 6740 points, followed by Casper Ruud (5,850 points) y Rafael Nadal (5,810 points).
Highlights the fall to fourth place of Daniil Medvedev, former world number 1 who succeeds Alcaraz.
Djokovic is further from falling out of the Top 10 than the number 1
We have to go down to seventh place to meet Novak Djokovic (3570)who has not been able to play the US Open by not complying with the vaccination protocols that they ask for to enter the United States.
The Top 10 of the ATP Ranking is completed in fifth place Alexander Zverevin the sixth Stefanos Tsitsipasin the eighth Cameron Norrie and in the ninth Andrey Rublev.
Tenth place goes to Hubert Hurkacz with 3,355 points.
The Italian Jannik SinnerAlcaraz’s tough rival in the quarterfinals, is eleventh with 3,200 points.
The next Spaniard after Alcaraz and Nadal in the ATP Ranking is Pablo Carreno in fourteenth position with 2,510 points.
The American Frances TiafoeAlcaraz’s rival in the US Open semifinals, is ranked 19th.
The schedule planned by Carlos Alcaraz, new number 1 in the world, until the end of the season
Joan Solsona reports on MARCA that Carlos Alcaraz, who has 890 points of rent with respect to Ruud and 930 with Nadalwill begin the defense of his ATP title in the Astana Nur-Sultan tournamentof category 500, and that appears on the calendar from October 3 to 9.
The Murcian will be later in Baselanother 500, from October 24 to 30.
Then he will play Bercy’s TMS and the Turin masters quote where he already has a insured ticket with Nadal.
For his part, Rafa Nadal only plans to play the Masters 1,000 in Paris-Bercy and the Masters Cup in Turin until the end of the course.
