The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz retook the leadership of the world ranking on Monday, unseating the Serbian Novak Djokovic, while Nuno Borges rose one more place, to 68, consolidating the status of Portuguese number one.
Alcaraz benefited from the victory achieved on Sunday over the Australian Alex De Minaur, in the final in Queens, in London, which gave him the conquest of the first tournament of his career on grass, one week before the start of the Wimbledon tournament, third . Grand Slam from 2023.
The Spanish tennis player, who had become the youngest world number one when he first ascended to the top of the ATP hierarchy, in September 2022, at the age of 19, regained the top of the ranking for the third time since beginning of the year.
Djokovic, who a month ago won the 23rd ‘major’ of his career at Roland Garros, a new circuit record, dropped to second place, ahead of Russian Daniil Medvedev, third, in a top 10 that also saw Italian Jannik rise. . Sinner to eighth place, in exchange for American Taylor Fritz (ninth).
Nuno Borges rose for the third consecutive ranking update, this time just one position, up to 68th, remaining the only Portuguese player in the top 100 ranked and coming close to the best record of his career, 63rd, reached on April 10.
Compatriot Frederico Silva, on the other hand, dropped two places, to 188, as did Gonçalo Oliveira, who dropped eight, to 293, while João Sousa remains far from the top 100, where he became a presence. constant, having descended one more position. to 313.
In the women’s ranking, the Polish Iga Swiatek maintained the lead, ahead of the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, who occupied second and third place, respectively, surpassing the American Jessica Pegula to the French Caroline García in fourth place. .
Source: TSF
