Despite the string of defeats, the Murcian tennis player stalks the Balearic Islands in the ATP ranking
The Murcian tennis player Carlos Alcaraz is at the height of his career by reaching the best ranking in his history and stalking the position of Rafael Nadal as the best Spanish in the ATP. Despite the losses in WimbledonHamburg Tournament and Umag Tournament, the 19-year-old tennis player settled in position 4 behind the Majorcan.
To have an excellent performance in the north american tour, Alcaraz could be overtaking Nadal by the end of this year. It should be noted that the ranking is still led by the Russian Daniil Medvedev, followed by german Alexander Zverev. The Balearic is third with 6,165 points followed by Murcia with 5,035 units.
Alcaraz’s last tournaments that made him climb one place in the ATP ranking behind Nadal
After losing in the round of 16 at Wimbledon against Italian Jannik Sinner, tennis player Carlos Alcaraz prepared for the Hamburg tournament, but his luck did not change. Although he had a good performance since he reached the final beating tennis players like: Filip Krajinovic, Kachanov, and Álex Molcan, in the last match he lost again to an Italian, Lorenzo Musseti.
For the Umag tournament in Croatia, Alcaraz was the favorite since the 2021 edition was won by him. In this way he came to defend his crown but unfortunately he fell in the final with his executioner at Wimbledon, Jannik Sinner. The performances in these two tournaments earned him to climb a position and pass the Greek Stéfanos Tsitsipás.
In addition to Alcaraz and Nadal, this is the ATP ranking with the other Spanish tennis players
The Balearic and the Murcian lead this ranking of Spaniards, but our other tennis players also move in the general ATP table. For example, Roberto Bautista from Castellón rises two places to 18th. Pablo Carreño from Asturias drops one to 23rd and Alejandro Davidovich from Malaga (35) remains.
Further down is Albert Ramos, who climbs 9 positions to 43. Jaume Munar, two to 57; Roberto Carballés, six to 80; and Pablo Andújar, five to 90. Going back to Alcaraz and Nadal, the pair of tennis players are preparing for the North American tour, participating in several Masters tournaments, and later to compete in the last Grand Slam of the year, the United States Open .