PARIS, France – The top-10 ATP rankings released Monday have not changed, with Novak Djokovic returning to Dubai this week and Daniil Medvedev aiming for the position more than ever. of. No. 1 in the world.

German Alexander Zverev remains on the podium, behind the Serb, in the first rung from February 3, 2020, and the Russian, who will overtake Djokovic if he wins in Acapulco next Sunday, regardless of the Serb’s result in Dubai, where he already has win five times.

The development of the week is the work of the young Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, 18, a great winner in Rio de Janeiro of his second tournament at the ATP track, defeating in the final the Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-2. He opened his counter in Umag (Croatia) last summer.

Alcaraz, who often plays barefoot in a basketball jersey, jumps nine places in one move and is 20th. The one in whom some already see the future Rafael Nadal, at least on the ground, will turn 19 in May.

Thanks to his second consecutive final, and even if he lost both, Schwartzmann wins a place (13th), as does the British Cameron Norrie (12th) who won the final in Delray Beach against the American Reilly Opelka, in a straight set. and two tie breakers, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4).

The two finalists of the Marseille Open are not moving in the top-10, the Russian Andrey Rublev (7th) and the Canadian Félix Augier-Aliassime (9th), the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas neither (4th), while he was defeated in the quarterfinals by the Russian Roman Safiulin that came out of the qualifiers. Canada’s Denis Shapovalov dropped two places to 14th.

Opelka, the winner in Dallas last week, wins two more places and now ranks 18th. He will face Nadal in the first round of the Acapulco tournament this week.

Right behind Opelka, Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili entered the top-20, in 19th place, thanks to a 3-place win, after his final loss to Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, in Doha.

ATP rating:

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 8875 points

2. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 8435

3. Alexander Zverev (GER) 7515

4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 6565

5. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6515

6. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 4928

7. Andrey Rublev (Russia) 4590

8. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3975

9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3883

10. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 3429

11. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 3333

12. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 3070 (+1)

13. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 2865 (+1)

14. Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 2863 (-2)

15. Roberto Bautista (ESP) 2585 (+1)

16. Taylor Fritz (USA) 2265 (+1)

17. Pablo Careno (ESP) 2181 (+1)

18. Reilly Opelka (USA) 2156 (+2)

19. Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 2156 (+3)

20. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 2061 (+9)

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