A file of Carlos Alcaraz of Spain. Alcaraz changed Novak Djokovic at No. 1 in the ATP rankings, incomes the highest seeding on the French Open, and Daniil Medvedev’s Italian Open title moved him up to No. 2 forward of the yr’s second Grand Slam event.
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Carlos Alcaraz changed Novak Djokovic at No. 1 in the ATP rankings, incomes the highest seeding on the French Open, and Daniil Medvedev’s Italian Open title moved him up to No. 2 forward of the yr’s second Grand Slam event.
Djokovic’s loss in the fourth spherical because the defending champion in Rome dropped him to No. 3. That means he and Alcaraz might find yourself in the identical half of the Roland Garros bracket and be arrange for a possible semifinal showdown, relying on what occurs in Thursday’s draw in Paris.
The French Open, which begins on Sunday, will mark the primary likelihood to be seeded No. 1 at a serious event for Alcaraz, a Spaniard who turned 20 this month. He is 30-3 with 4 titles in 2023.
Alcaraz ascended to the ATP’s prime spot for the primary time by profitable the U.S. Open final September and, at 19, grew to become the youngest man to end a yr there. But a leg damage stored him out of the Australian Open in January, when Djokovic gained the title for his twenty second at a Slam occasion, tying Rafael Nadal for the boys’s report.
Djokovic has spent extra weeks at No. 1 than anybody — man or girl — in the historical past of the game’s computerized rankings.
Iga Swiatek, the defending champion in Paris, remained at No. 1 in the WTA rankings, which she has led for greater than a yr, adopted by No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion.
Swiatek stopped taking part in in the third set of her quarterfinal in Rome towards reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina due to a damage proper thigh. Swiatek stated afterward the issue “shouldn’t be anything serious.” Rybakina’s trophy on the Italian Open allowed her to soar two locations to a career-best No. 4 on Monday. She isn’t increased than that as a result of her title on the All England Club didn’t include the good thing about any rankings enhance after each the WTA and ATP withheld all factors that might have been earned there final yr to protest a ban on Russian and Belarusian gamers over the invasion of Ukraine.
Jessica Pegula remained at No. 3 on Monday, with WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia at No. 5 and 2022 French Open runner-up Coco Gauff at No. 6.
Casper Ruud, final yr’s runner-up to Rafael Nadal on the French Open and to Alcaraz on the U.S. Open, stayed at No. 4 in the ATP rankings, adopted by Stefanos Tsitsipas at No. 5 and Holger Rune at a career-best No. 6. Rune eradicated Djokovic in Rome earlier than dropping to Medvedev in the ultimate there on Sunday.
That marked Medvedev’s twentieth profession ATP title — and first on clay courts.
Nadal, who has 14 of his 22 main trophies at Roland Garros, introduced final week he can be sitting out the French Open with a lingering left hip flexor damage. He has by no means missed that event since making his debut there in 2005. (AP) APA APA
