ATP Rankings: Djokovic closes in on World No. 1 Alcaraz after epic Cincinnati Open title

Here is all it is advisable know concerning the newest ATP Rankings launched on August 21, 2023.

Novak Djokovic closed in on World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz within the newest ATP Rankings launched on Monday.

World No. 2 Djokovic saved a match level earlier than beating Alcaraz 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6(4) to win his third Cincinnati Open and general thirty ninth Masters 1000 title, which diminished the hole between the 2 gamers to only 20 factors. Since the 20-year-old Spaniard would be the defending champion on the US Open starting from August 28, he gained’t be capable to acquire any factors.

On the opposite hand. Djokovic, who missed final yr’s Major in New York as a consequence of USA’s ban on worldwide travellers who had not taken the vaccine towards COVID-19, simply must win his first-round match to reclaim the primary spot.

Elsewhere within the prime 10, Denmark’s Holger Rune moved up a spot to a brand new career-high of 4 regardless of his second-round retirement in Cincinnati since final yr’s runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas misplaced within the spherical of 16. The Greek participant slipped three spots to seventh.

Tsitsipas’ slip together with Italy’s Jannik Sinner’s second-round loss helped Norway’s Casper Ruud transfer up within the rankings. Like Sinner, Ruud to misplaced within the second spherical in Cincinnati however since he was not defending any factors, he gained two spots to turn out to be World No. 5.

Germany’s Alexander Zverev, who gained the title in 2021, misplaced to Djokovic within the semifinals this yr. Nevertheless, he moved up 5 spots to twelfth. Other shedding semifinalist – Hubert Hurkacz of Poland – additionally moved up three locations to seventeenth.

Croatia’s Borna Coric, the defending champion, went all the way down to Hurkacz within the second spherical and in consequence, slipped 13 spots to twenty ninth.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (twenty first), Nicolas Jarry (twenty fourth), Mackenzie McDonald (thirty ninth), Alexei Popyrin (fortieth), Max Purcell (forty seventh), Luca Van Assche (sixty fifth), Alexander Shevchenko (84th), Yosuke Watanuki (88th) and Facundo Diaz Acosta (93rd) are the opposite Top 100 gamers who achieved new career-highs this week.

USA’s Tommy Paul beat World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz on his technique to the semifinals in Toronto and consequently, gained one spot to maneuver as much as thirteenth, a brand new career-high. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the opposite shedding semifinalist on the Canadian Open, additionally gained 14 spots to turn out to be World No. 23, his career-best rating.

Elsewhere within the Top 100, Tallon Griekspoor (twenty fifth), McDonald (forty third), Aleksandar Vukic (forty eighth), Matteo Arnaldi (61st), Fabian Marozsan (82nd) and Yosuke Watanuki (ninetieth) additionally achieved new career-high rankings.