After his victory in the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing last week, the Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz regained the number two position in the ATP rankings, which continues to be led by the Italian Jannik Sinner.
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Alcaraz surpasses the German in the classification Alexander Zverev absent in Beijing, which falls to third place, just ahead of the Serbian Novak Djokovic who did not play this tournament either.
Without playing?
“He Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 has become a mess of canceled and postponed matches due to the recurring rain, which for the third consecutive day destroyed the program, having important consequences for players like Carlos Alcaraz,” says Mundo Deportivo.
And he adds: “Of the 13 matches scheduled for this Monday, the organization was only able to save the 9 furthest behind, still in the second round at the bottom of the draw, where the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the German Alexander Zverev are the favorites.”
The newspaper reports that Alcaraz went to the second round on Sunday, like Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Tommy Paul.However, the four continue without a rival since the matches canceled that day were not played this Monday either. They will do it on Tuesday.
“That is, Alcaraz’s calendar varies. He had planned to make the round of 16 on Tuesday, he will have to wait at least until Wednesday, with two days without competition, as has already happened to Novak Djokovic between the second and third rounds,” he said. the Catalan newspaper. .
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