By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday March 5, 2024
Jannik Sinner is in pole place to cross Carlos Alcaraz within the rankings.
On the BNP Paribas Open the Italian is technically already in entrance of his Spanish rival. Within the reside rankings Alcaraz has already dropped his 1000 factors from profitable the title at Indian Wells final yr. Sinner drops 360 from reaching the semifinals, however remains to be presently forward of Alcaraz by 105 factors.
Sinner final ranked forward of Alcaraz on March twenty first, 2022, however the Spaniard went on a tear after that and would attain No.1 in September of that very same yr.
The Italian grew to become the very best ranked man in his nation’s historical past after the Australian Open when he reached No.2
Daniil Medvedev, presently fourth within the rankings, additionally has a shot to climb to No.2.
A extra graphical technique to present the Battle for #2
– Medvedev must win and Alcaraz and Sinner to not make SF.
– Alcaraz wants to succeed in at the least the QF and outperform Sinner by 2 rounds and Medvedev to not win (or attain the SF).
– Sinner and Alcaraz would possibly battle for it within the SF. pic.twitter.com/Vkv0HFPhxq— Open Period Rankings (@OpenEraRankings) March 5, 2024
Alcaraz has held a Prime 2 rating since September of 2022, when he rose to No.1 for the primary time. He might want to outperform Sinner by 105 factors at Indian Wells to stay there.
Alcaraz, seeded No.2, will face both Matteo Arnaldi or Luca Van Assche within the second spherical at Indian Wells; Sinner, seeded third, will face Thanasi Kokkinakis or Marcos Giron within the second half.
Sinner and Alcaraz are within the decrease half of the boys’s singles draw, reverse top-seeded Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal.