Carlos Alcaraz had a chance to grab management of the battle for ATP Yr-Finish No. 1 offered by Pepperstone in Shanghai. As an alternative, Novak Djokovic stays in pole place to say the honour.
Had Alcaraz reached the ultimate of the Rolex Paris Masters, the Spaniard would have handed Djokovic for first place within the Pepperstone ATP Stay Race To Turin, which serves as a barometer for the year-end No. 1 battle. Nonetheless, the 20-year-old misplaced within the Spherical of 16 to Grigor Dimitrov.
Pepperstone ATP Stay Race To Turin Standings
That consequence leaves Djokovic within the lead by 500 factors with one month to go till the Nitto ATP Finals. There’s time for Alcaraz to bridge the hole, however his defeat to Dimitrov might show an essential second within the battle.
“With this loss, I am just a little bit farther and it’ll be more durable if I need to be No. 1,” Alcaraz stated. “I’ve just a few tournaments forward, so I’ll attempt to do my finest. I’ll attempt to win them if I need to have an opportunity to finish the yr as No. 1. I do not know, however proper proper now I misplaced a number of alternatives to make it.”
Dimitrov Upsets Alcaraz In Shanghai
Djokovic owns the document for many ATP Yr-Finish No. 1 offered by Pepperstone finishes with seven, the newest of which got here in 2021. Alcaraz final yr turned the youngest participant in historical past to realize the feat.
Alcaraz is subsequent scheduled to compete within the Swiss Indoors Basel, an ATP 500 occasion at which he might earn 500 factors and tie Djokovic by profitable the title. Each males are set to play within the ultimate ATP Masters 1000 occasion of the yr, the Rolex Paris Masters, the next week.