‘I’m not worried about Carlos Alcaraz’, says former ace
Daniil Medvedev will enter the US Open as the No. 1 player in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, but at Flushing Meadows, which kicks off on Monday, August 29, there will be several players with a chance to displace him. When everyone loses their 2021 US Open points next Monday, Nadal will be in pole position to reclaim No.1 and occupying it for the first time since February 2, 2020.
Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud all need deep runs to challenge him. Since Nadal did not compete last year in New York, he is not defending any points. When 2021 champion Medvedev loses the 2,000 points he defends, Nadal will be No.
1 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings with 5,630 points. Alexander Zverev will not be competing at the US Open due to an ankle injury. Medvedev, who has been ranked No. 1 in the world since the week of June 13, will be 745 points behind.
Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Alcaraz and Ruud will need to at least reach the US Open final to have a chance of leaving New York as No.1 in the world. Tsitsipas will be confident after reaching the Western & Southern Open final.
However, the Greek hasn’t made it past the third round at Flushing Meadows in four previous appearances. Alcaraz, who defeated Tsitsipas at last year’s US Open en route to the quarterfinals, has a chance to make history.
If the 19-year-old Spaniard ascends to World No. 1 on September 12, he will become World No.1.
Corretja on Carlos Alcaraz
A few days before the start of the 2022 edition of the US Open, Alex Corretja spoke on Eurosport about his young compatriot Carlos Alcaraz, already 4th player in the world and promised a bright future.
“What Carlos is doing is amazing. I mean, he’s world number four and he’s been playing great tennis all season. When he finished Roland‐Garros, I think he needed time to recover from everything he did. At Wimbledon he lost to Sinner because he was playing really good tennis.
And then this summer, he played, ok, he didn’t win…
Source : tennisworldusa
