June 10, 2024 is a date that will remain historic for Italian tennis, with the official announcement of Jannik Sinner’s world number one, the twenty-ninth in the history of the ATP rankings. Not only that: behind him, there will not be the convalescent Novak Djokovic but Carlos Alcaraz, who with his victory at Roland Garros has overtaken the Serbian and thus returns to number two in the world. So, for the first time, the computer and the ranking also certify that the era of the Sinner-Alcaraz couple has officially begun, and “threatens” to go on for quite some time. There is no doubt, in fact, that today the best are the two of them: they won the first two slams of the year, Jannik and Carlitos are 21 years old, and both have, albeit slowly, archived the era of the Big Three, overtaking and beating the last noble representative of that time, Novak Djokovic, in a slam.
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Jannik Sinner therefore n.1 in the world rankings, first Italian in history, with 9,525 points, followed by Alcaraz at 8,580 points and Djokovic in third place with 8,360 points, after the collapse due to his withdrawal before the quarter-finals of Roland Garros. The Serbian, who has undergone knee surgery, will also miss Wimbledon, where he was defending the 2023 final, and also definitely risks the podium, given that Alexander Zverev, finalist in Paris and number 4, now has 6885 points, therefore very close, given that Djokovic will lose another 1200 points. In fifth place is Daniil Medvedev (6,485 points) followed by Andrey Rublev (4,710 points), Casper Ruud (4,025), Hurkacz (3,995), Alex de Minaur (3,845) and Grigor Dimitrov (3,775), who closes the top 10 , 35 points ahead of Stefanos Tsitsipas. In the new ranking there are eight Italians in the top 100. In addition to the new king of the ranking, Jannik Sinner, there are Lorenzo Musetti (at number 30), Matteo Arnaldi in 34th place (new best ranking), Luciano Darderi in 41st , Flavio Cobolli in 50th, Lorenzo Sonego in 58th, Luca Nardi in 73rd and Matteo Berrettini in 95th. Now everyone on the grass, where Italy could also be a great protagonist.
