(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 1er turn of the Italian Masters 1000 to recover the throne, two months after being dislodged by “Djoko”.
Alcaraz did not particularly shine in Rome, since he was released on the 3e tower 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 “Nole”.
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 retreats to the 3e place, also doubled by the Russian Daniil Medvedev (2e), 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, consoles himself by gaining a place, 6ewhich is its best ranking.
Above the top 10the Spanish legend Rafael Nadal, who announced his withdrawal for the rest of the season, loses an additional place (15e). But the Mallorcan lives above all his last days among the cadors of the circuit, before disappearing from the top 100 next month, for the first time in 20 years.
The ATP ranking published on Monday
1. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 6815 pts (+1)
2. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 6330 (+1)
3. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 5955 (-2)
4. Casper Ruud (NOR) 4915
5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 4775
6. Holger Rune (DEN) 4375 (+1)
7. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4270 (-1)
8. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 3435
9. Taylor Fritz (USA) 339010. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3065
11. Karen Khachanov (RUS) 2945
12. Frances Tiafoe (USA) 2790
13. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 2525 (+2)
14. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 2520 (-1)
15. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 2445 (-1)
16. Borna Coric (CRO) 2410
17. Tommy Paul (USA) 2135
18. Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 2040 (+1)
19. Alex De Minaur (AUS) 1870 (-1)
20. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 1832