The Spaniard could overtake the Serbian champion in the ATP ranking, before the US Open
The gold medal final at the Paris Olympics men’s singles event was perhaps the peak of the 2024 tennis season, at least so far; Novak Djokovic’s Career Golden Slam is an epochal event in the history of the sport and his match against Carlos Alcaraz showed the true strength of the Serbian champion.
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But now Carlitos could take revenge on the Serb. The one between Djokovic and Alcaraz at the Western & Southern Open, ATP Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, was probably the most intense and beautiful final of 2023. A battle that lasted 3 hours and 49 minutes and won by the Serbian champion with the score of 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6(4) canceling a match point in the tie-break of the second set.
A final that the tournament will certainly not be able to repeat this year, because Djokovic has announced that he will not take part in the American event. The Serbian champion preferred to take more time to recover from the hard work put in at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where he managed to realize his great dream that he had been pursuing for years, obtaining the title that was still missing from his incredible collection.
So, how can Alcaraz take this little revenge on the Serb? With Djokovic’s absence in Cincinnati, which could change the cards on the table in terms of the ranking and, therefore, the order of the seedings at the US Open. Nole will lose 1000 points and Alcaraz could take advantage of this to overtake him in the world ATP ranking and become the number 2 seed in the last event of the Grand Slam of 2024. The Spaniard would achieve this goal by reaching the quarterfinals at the Cincinnati Open.