(Paris) Winner of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati on Sunday after a spectacular final, Novak Djokovic has come a little closer to the place of world No. 1, still occupied on Monday by Carlos Alcaraz, an unfortunate finalist.

In the United States, “Djoko” took his revenge on the 20-year-old Spanish phenomenon, who had stolen the Wimbledon title from him a few weeks earlier. He had not entered any tournament since.

But to do this, it took Djokovic five match points and 3:49 of play, and while the Spaniard had won the first set, to finally win in three sets (7-5, 7- 6 [9/7]7-6 [7-4]).

This victory, the third in Cincinnati and the fourth of the season for the Serb, allows Novak Djokovic to grab points on his evening opponent and to approach the place of world No. 1, which he gave up in June. last.

Behind, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, eliminated in the round of 16 by Alexander Zverev, is still third while the Dane Holger Rune climbs to 4e place in the world, at the expense of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas who lost three places.

Ranking

  1. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 9815 points
  2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 9795
  3. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 6260
  4. Holger Rune (DAN) 4790 (+1)
  5. Casper Ruud (NOR) 4715 (+2)
  6. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 4645
  7. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 4580 (-3)
  8. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4515
  9. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3605
  10. Frances Tiafoe (USA) 3050
  11. Karen Khachanov (RUS) 2845
  12. Alexander Zverev (GER) 2670 (+5)
  13. Alex De Minaur (AUS) 2595 (-1)
  14. Tommy Paul (USA) 2570 (-1)
  15. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 2375 (-1)
  16. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 2075 (-1)
  17. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 2035 (+3)
  18. Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 2005
  19. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 1690
  20. Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 1600 (+1)