Djokovic has tied the one until Roland Garros

The Loss of Carlos Alcaraz in the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000 makes Novak Djokovic have practically secured number one until Roland Garros. The Serbian only defends 10 points in Monte Carlo and 1,520 in total up to the French Grand Slam and takes 380 from the Spaniard, who would have aspired to recover the lead by being champion, in any case, or finalist, as long as Djokovic had not passed the quarterfinals.

Now the situation is very different, because Nole has the opportunity to even increase the difference in the standings. If he is a champion, for example, he will accumulate 8,150 points, 1,370 more than Alcaraz. In this case, the 19-year-old from Murcia could only catch up with the Balkan if he plays in Rome, where he did not compete last year.because he can not add neither in Barcelona nor in Madrid, since in those tournaments he was champion.

Nevertheless, would not depend on himselfbecause, in addition, Djokovic could improve his account in Banja Luka (Bosnia), the ATP 250 that replaces the one in Belgrade, and in Madrid before trying to repeat the trophy in Rome.

remote options

Alcaraz’s chances are that his rival in the ranking does poor results in the next events and he revalidates the titles he won on clay in 2022 and goes to the Foro Italico in search of victory. It does not seem easy a priori, so it is most likely that Djokovic will be the number one seed at Roland Garros and Carlitos the number two, who can only put in relative danger the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas1,010 from the prodigy of El Palmar.