ATP Race Update: Sinner Leads For Third Straight Week Ahead Of Return

| by Nurein Ahmed

Jannik Sinner is set to play for the first time since winning his first Grand Slam at this week's Rotterdam Open, where he will look to extend his lead on the ATP Race.

Sinner leads the Race to Turin, having amassed 2,000 points from his triumph at the Australian Open. In second place is Daniil Medvedev, who has pulled out from Rotterdam because of fatigue and, therefore, will be stuck at 1,300 points.

Andrey Rublev will have the opportunity to move up to the third spot, overtaking Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic, should he win in Rotterdam. The German and the Serb are not playing this week and can't add to their tally of 1,135 points and 860 points, respectively.

Hubert Hurkacz sits in the sixth spot after a semifinal finish in Marseille, with Grigor Dimitrov and Alex de Minaur taking control of the seventh and eighth spots, the final coveted spots for those players aspiring to qualify for the ATP Finals in Turin at the end of the season.

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Carlos Alcaraz has a lot of ground to make up in the next few weeks as he defends six titles. The Spaniard is in 10th spot in the ATP Race with 400 points, which he gained from reaching the quarterfinal of the Australian Open.

Alcaraz will be in action at this week's Argentina Open, where he has learned his path to the title after the release of the draw. Tommy Paul moved up to 11th place after capturing his second career title in Dallas last weekend.

Also, a champion on Sunday was Ugo Humbert, who won in Marseille and is now the highest-ranked Frenchman in the ATP Race (rising up to 13th). The race serves as a key indicator to filter the eight players who will qualify for the season-ending championships and the year-end ATP No. 1 as a result of points accumulated during the entire year.

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2024 ATP Race as of February 12, 2024:

Rank Player Points
1 Jannik Sinner 2000
2 Daniil Medvedev 1300
3 Alexander Zverev 1135
4 Novak Djokovic 860
5 Andrey Rublev 650
6 Hubert Hurkacz 650
7 Grigor Dimitrov 515
8 Alex de Minaur 465
9 Taylor Fritz 445
10 Carlos Alcaraz 400
11 Tommy Paul 400
12 Alejandro Tabilo 378
13 Ugo Humbert 375
14 Alexander Bublik 360
15 Adrian Mannarino 335
16 Arthur Cazaux 325
17 Nuno Borges 325
18 Jiri Lehecka 325
19 Holger Rune 315
20 Karen Khachanov 300
21 Ben Shelton 300
22 Cameron Norrie 295
23 Borna Coric 279
24 Brandon Nakashima 270
25 Luciano Darderi 269
26 Facundo Bagnis 254
27 Miomir Kecmanovic 250
28 Emil Ruusuvuori 240
29 Casper Ruud 230
30 Felix Auger-Aliassime 225
30 Sebastian Korda 225
32 Jordan Thompson 225
33 Stefanos Tsitsipas 215
34 Jack Draper 215
35 Taro Daniel 213
36 Leandro Riedi 212
37 Flavio Cobolli 210
38 Alex Michelsen 201
39 Zizou Bergs 201
40 Dominik Koepfer 201
41 Juncheng Shang 200
42 Sebastian Baez 200
43 Arthur Fils 200
44 Valentin Vacherot 195
45 James Duckworth 192
46 Tomas Machac 188
47 Sumit Nagal 187
48 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 180
49 Aleksandar Kovacevic 178
50 Marcos Giron 175

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