Jannik Sinner currently occupies second place in the ATP rankings with 8,660 points. The Italian tennis player has discarded the 90 points he had acquired last year with the quarter-finals at the ATP 500 in Barcelona and finds himself behind the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who leads the international ranking with 9,990 points (he lost the 45 gained 52 weeks ago with the quarterfinals at the ATP 250 in Banja Luka). The South Tyrolean champion, who outpaced the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (8.145) and the Russian Daniil Medvedev (7.085), cThe hunt for the world number 1 continues.
The next two weeks will definitely be interesting for Jannik Sinner, given that he will certainly earn points at the Masters 1000 in Madrid. The Italian did not show up last year in the Spanish capital, therefore can increase their loot in the world ranking: 50 points with the round of 32, 100 with the round of 16, 200 with the quarterfinals, 400 with the semi-final, 650 with the final, 1,000 with the victory. Jannik Sinner will therefore be able to gain points on Novak Djokovic, who will certainly mark a “zero” in the box. The Balkan player will not lose points, as he also did not participate in the event on the Iberian red clay last year.
Our standard bearer would need to reach the quarter-finals in Madrid to get under 1,000 points from the top and in that way he could already attack the number 1 at the following Italian Internationals. The blue will lose 90 points in Rome (defeated in the round of 16 by the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo), while Djokovic will have a bill of 180 points (ko in the quarterfinals against the Dane Holger Rune). Looking further ahead, it should be remembered that Novak Djokovic will have to defend 2,000 points for the triumph at Roland Garros, while Sinner only 45 for the second round on the crushed brick of Paris.
ATP RANKING PROJECTIONS
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
Ranking on April 22: first with 9,990 points
Masters 1000 Madrid: 0 points
Masters 1000 Rome: 180 points
Roland Garros: 2,000 points
Total points to defend until the end of Roland Garros: 2180
JANNIK SINNER
Ranking on April 22: second with 8,660 points
Masters 1000 Madrid: 0 points
Masters 1000 Rome: 90 points
Roland Garros: 45 points
Total points to defend until the end of Roland Garros: 135
CARLOS ALCARAZ
Ranking on April 22: third with 8,145 points
Masters 1000 Madrid: 1,000 points
Masters 1000 Rome: 45 points
Roland Garros: 720 points
Total points to defend until the end of Roland Garros: 1,765
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