Carlos Alcaraz may lose the throne if he can’t do anything about it! The Spaniard is number one in the World after winning the US Open 2022 but his position as the leader of the tour cannot be secured in the first month of this new year. He will be released immediately after this Australian Open 2023. Alcaraz, who injured his right leg during the season, had to withdraw from the Australian Open, so he will miss the The 19-year-old scored 90 points. last year thanks to his third round of Melbourne. When the Tour left Australia, Alcaraz won 6730 points.
So who now has the ability to topple the new wonderkid? Not Rafael Nadal. His partner is second in the standings with 57770 points, of course, but he won the tournament in 2022 so he has 2000 points to defend and no wins. That’s the price you have to pay when you become the title holder. In this race for the throne, Casper Ruud is the best position as he did not score a single goal for the World No.3 in Melbourne, he was unable to play last season due to injury: with 5720 points, he is. 1010 points from Alcaraz.
What does the 2022 US Open final and ATP finals have to do for him to reach the World No. 1 title for the first time in his career? In fact, the situation is very clear: if Casper Ruud reaches the final of the Australian Open, and faces none other than Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alcaraz will win. If the Greek stays on the other side of the net, Ruud will take the title to regain the throne.
Tsitsipas and Djokovic should all go
Things are also very clear for Stefanos Tsitsipas (4th) and Novak Djokovic (5th): they need to win the Australian Open to grab the World No.1 spot. This is the only chance to drive Carlos Alcaraz away from them. Tsitsipas, a finalist in Melbourne last year, is about 1735 points away from the Spaniard: so to reach the finals with their 1200 points is not enough, 2000 points are allocated to the winner .
Novak Djokovic’s approach is also easy, on paper. Unable to play here last year after his now disastrous match with the Australian government, Djokovic is 1660 points behind Alcaraz. So he needs the next 2000 points to signal if he wants to reclaim the throne, for the first time since last June. He can play as more motivation for Djokovic, who is chasing a 22nd Grand Slam title and a 10th Australian Open title.
It is the second Grand Slam that has been concerned by the race for the throne. At the US Open, Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud battled for the final. And it could be the same in Melbourne if Djokovic and Ruud, who will battle it out in the final, face Tsitsipas in last Sunday’s match.
