Each appointment is a new challenge. And wow if the Canadian Open means a special challenge for Carlos Alcaraz. The 20-year-old Spaniard can reach the US Open, where he will go out to defend the title, being the No. 1 in the world and for that to happen he must be champion in Toronto, where Novak Djokovic does not participate. If he does not succeed, we will have to see how they both do in Cincinnati, the next Masters 1000.
Alcaraz seeks to take a greater advantage over Djokovic in the ranking. Getty Images
Alcaraz, who prevented Djokovic from reaching 24 Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon and tied the record of eight successes there, held by Swiss Roger Federer, wants more. The great battle in the very final in La Catedral is a constant motivation for who already has two Majors in his record, since in 2022 he won in New York.
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Precisely, for the Spaniard to reach the United States Open, firmly at the top of the ATP ranking, his first step may be to win on Canadian soil. In the sixth Masters 1000 of the season, the first of the two on this tour in North America, it will help Alcaraz to be champion next Sunday to avoid being displaced by the Serbian before the US Open.
Alcaraz has 9,225 points in this week’s standings, while Djokovic has 8,795, so the difference is 430 units. If he adds 1,000 with a success in Toronto, he will secure the throne for the US Open, even if he later loses in his debut in the following M1000, in Cincinnati, and there, in his reappearance on the tour after Wimbledon, the champion is the serbian.
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In the event that Alcara reaches the final in Canada and loses it, Djokovic would have it in his hands to recover ATP No. 1 with the title in Cincinnati, but there the Murcian must lose before the quarterfinals, the round he reached a year ago. year in said American contest, also on hard surface.
For this reason, this is how the fight for the men’s world top is planned for the United States Open, the fourth and last Grand Slam of the season. Djokovic, who gave up playing in the Canadian tournament, will return to Cincinnati and then go to the US Open, tournaments he did not play in 2022 due to his conflict with the United States over his refusal to vaccinate against Covid, an essential requirement to enter that country. That measure has now been lifted and that is why it may be part of the game in both appointments.
There is a lot at stake in these two events and not to mention later in New York.
2023-08-07 13:57:23
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