Carlos Alcaraz I had high hopes for the Asian tour to advance one of the main objectives of the end of the season: world number one of the yearwhich will already be conquered in 2022.
However, the Spanish tennis player It does not take all the expected loot from China. has added 270 points out of a possible total of 1,500. He accumulated 180 as a semifinalist in the Beijing ATP 500only accumulated 90 in the Masters 1000 in Shanghai when falling in the round of 16 with the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrovwho won 5-7, 6-2 and 6-4.
His greatest rival and current No. 1, the Serbian, has lost more Novak Djokovicwhat deducted 750 points by not defending the Tel Aviv and Astana titles and absent from the Asian tour.
Alcaraz vs Djokovic: how the ATP ranking looks after the Shanghai Masters 1000
In the next classification, on Monday, October 16, Novak Djokovic will appear with 11,045 pointswith an advantage of 2,240 over Carlos Alcarazwhich has 8,805.
It is a fictitious difference, since ‘Nole’ must subtract 2,100, while Alcaraz only defends 360 until the end of the course.
It is the Race, the classification of points added this 2023 (which will coincide with the ranking at the conclusion of the campaign), which gives a more real image of the matter. Djokovic has consolidated 8,945 points, for the 8,445 of Alcarazwhich is 500 meters from the Balkan.
Carlos Alcaraz says goodbye to the Shanghai Masters 1000 but still dreams of number 1.
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Alcaraz plans to play the ATP 500 in Basel (October 23-29), a new opportunity to get closer to Djokovic who for now has only confirmed meeting again in a draw with the Spaniard in Paris (October 30-November 5) and Turin ( November 12 to 19).
2023-10-11 14:41:54
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