Carlos Alcaraz’s consistency has its reward. The tennis player has secured the world number one ranking at least until October 27, the date on which the points of the 500 tournament in Vienna are counted, in which Jannik Sinner has signed up to try to finish the season ahead of the Spaniard
Alcaraz, a finalist in Tokyo, has a lead of 720 points over the Italian, who could cut it to 170 if he wins the title in Beijing and his rival does the same in Tokyo. If Carlitos were to lose the final to Taylor Fritz, it would be 340 points that the San Candido tennis player would take awayWhatever happens at the next Masters 1000 in Shanghai would not be enough for Sinner to overtake Alcaraz at the conclusion of the Chinese TMS on Monday, October 13
Juan Carlos Ferrero and Samuel Lopez’s pupil defends 200 points from last year’s quarter-finals and Sinner cannot increase his score as defending champion
Equals Kuerten’s time as ATP leader
In this way, the six-time Grand Slam champion is guaranteed to reach 43 weeks at the top of Gustavo Kuerten in 14th place among the best number ones in history since the introduction of the ATP ranking in 1973
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