Murcia, Apr 1 (EFE) in the world and will start the clay court season with 380 points behind Serbian Novak Djokovic, who recovers the first place in the ATP with 7,160 for the 6,780 with which the young Murcian tennis player remains.
Alcaraz, 19 years old – he will turn 20 on May 5 -, was left with the desire to play a new final this Sunday, which would have been the fourth in a row for the man from El Palmar.
Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil, who in 2023 has 17 wins and two losses, won the ATP 250 titles in Buenos Aires and the Indian Wells Masters 1,000, was runner-up in the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro and is now a semifinalist in Florida .
These results make him accumulate 6,780 points in the online classification after losing 640 in Miami, where he defended the 1,000 he obtained last year with the trophy won.
This Monday, in the official ranking, the Spaniard will appear 380 points behind Djokovic, 35, who will turn 36 on May 22.
Third place is held by the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, with 5,770, which is why he is 1,010 behind Murcia.
Fourth is the Norwegian Casper Ruud, with 5,005 at the moment after losing 555 in Miami.
Fifth is the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who today has 4,750 and if he beats Sinner tomorrow in the Miami Open final, he will reach 5,150, which would make him overtake Ruud.
For his part, Sinner, currently ninth with 3,345 points, can reach 3,745 and that would put him sixth in the standings, which would be his all-time high.
Both Medvedev and Sinner have earned 420 points in this Masters 1,000.
So, Alcaraz will have to make an extra effort in the clay court season with Roland Garros on the horizon.
In principle, the man from Palma will be present at the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000 the week of April 10 to 16 and then he will play the APT 500 in Barcelona and the Masters 1,000 in Madrid and Rome, before competing in Paris in the second Grand Slam of the course. and that will be held from May 28 to June 11 in the French capital.