Alcaraz Closes Up On Sinner In Latest ATP Rankings, Draper Nears Top 10 Debut
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Another week of action is over on the ATP Tour, which means that the latest edition of the ATP Rankings has been published.
The top of the ATP Rankings changed to a little pursuit these weeks. Jannik Sinner was suspended from competing, which means that he will not add any points to his total until the 2025 Italian Open. On top of that, he will also lose the points he earned during his period last year.
That means that Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz behind him have a great chance to catch up, but they are doing that just very slowly. Sinner currently has 11,330 points to his name. He didn't lose any points last week.
Zverev won 100 points for reaching the quarter-finals at the Rio Open, but he also lost 100 points for his last year's semi-final appearance at the Los Cabos Open. That means his total remains unchanged at 8,135 points.
Alcaraz, on the other hand, closed up on both Sinner and Zverev. He didn't win any points in Rio de Janeiro last year, but he won 100 points for his quarter-final appearance in Doha this year. That means he now has 7,510 points.
There were only the smallest changes in the Top 10. Taylor Fritz remains fourth with 4,900, and he even increased his lead to fifth Casper Ruud, who lost points for playing in the Los Cabos Open final last year. The Norwegian player now has 4,325 points.
Daniil Medvedev behind him caught up with 100 points from the Qatar Open. The Russian player now has 4,030 points. Novak Djokovic, on the other hand, surprisingly lost already in the first round in Doha, which is why his total remained unchanged at 3,900 points.
Behind him is eighth Alex de Minaur, who improved his points total to 3,785. The only change in the Top 10 this week comes right behind the Australian. Andrey Rublev improved by 450 points after winning the Qatar Open. He now has 3,670 points and is ninth.
Tommy Paul dropped down by one position to the World No. 10 rank. He has 3,280 points. Behind him are four players who are separated only by 75 points and all would want to make it to the Top 10. Two of them for the first time and two of them again.
Stefanos Tsitsipas is 11th with 3,005 points, Jack Draper 12th with 3,000 points, Holger Rune 13th with 2,970 points, and Ben Shelton is 14th with 2,930 points. All of these players are within touching distance of the Top 10.
One of the biggest movers this week was Alexandre Muller. The French player played in the final at the Rio Open, and he improved by 19 positions. He is now ranked 41st in the world with 1,270 points.
On the other hand, Mariano Navone dropped by 18 places. He couldn't defend his final in Rio de Janeiro. He is ranked 64th with 890 points. But two new Rio Open semi-finalists improved significantly.
Francisco Comesana and Camilo Ugo Carabelli both reached their new career high. Comesana improved by 19 positions to the World No. 67 spot, while Ugo Carabelli is two places behind him after moving up by 22 positions.
