By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday April 3, 2023
Novak’s again!
22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic has returned to the highest of the ATP rating for the eighth time as of Monday, April 3. The 35-year-old leapfrogs Carlos Alcaraz to start his document 381st week atop the desk.
Djokovic, who will return to the court docket at Monte-Carlo subsequent week, has a 380-point lead over second-ranked Alcaraz. He will defend simply ten factors at Monte-Carlo, the place he misplaced his first match to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina final 12 months.
The World No.1 will defend a complete of 1880 factors between now and the top of Roland-Garros.
Alcaraz, in the meantime, solely defends 10 factors at Monte-Carlo as properly. The 19-year-old is defending 1870 factors between now and the top of Roland-Garros.
Medvedev as much as No.4
Daniil Medvedev jumps again into the Top 4 after claiming the title in Miami. The Russian leapfrogs Casper Ruud and is 620 factors behind third-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Italy’s Jannik Sinner is again at his career-high rating of No.9. The Miami runner-up is simply 25 factors behind Eighth-ranked Holger Rune.
The largest riser contained in the Top 100 is American Chris Eubanks. A quarterfinalist final week in Miami, Eubanks jumps 34 spots to No.85 – he’s one in all 14 Americans contained in the Top 100 this week.
Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori is the most important gainer contained in the Top 50. He climbs 17 spots because of a Miami quarterfinal, and finally ends up at 37.
France’s Luca Van Assche additionally jumps 17 spots to make his Top 100 debut at No.91. The 18-year-old has by no means gained an ATP degree match, however claimed the Sanremo Challenger title final week, defeating Juan Pablo Varillas within the remaining. Van Assche additionally gained the Pau Challenger title in February, defeating Arthur Rinderknech and Ugo Humbert in his semifinal and remaining rounds.
Medvedev Leads Race to Turin Standings
As we head to the clay, listed here are the Race to Turin standings, with Daniil Medvedev main the pack by 600 factors.
Top 20 within the ATP’s race to Turin 👇 pic.twitter.com/dT3GkUuloQ
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