Alexander Zverev believes Jannik Sinner has wrapped up the year-end No 1 spot, saying the battle for No 2 within the ATP Rankings can be a decent race between himself and Carlos Alcaraz.
Sinner leads the Live Rankings by 4,000 factors from Alcaraz whereas Zverev is one other 135 factors adrift in third place.
But the Italian is just not but mathematically assured of ending the yr at No 1 as he can nonetheless be overtaken as he'll drop 1,680 factors throughout the the rest of the 2024 season.
Alcaraz is simply defending 500 factors from right here on in and Zverev 580 factors.
Live ATP Rankings
1. Jannik Sinner – 11,010
2. Carlos Alcaraz – 7,010
3. Alexander Zverev – 6,705
There are additionally three huge tournaments nonetheless left on the calendar with 1,000 factors on supply to the winner of the Shanghai Open as properly as the Paris Masters whereas an undefeated champion will earn 1,500 factors on the ATP Finals in Turin.
Zverev, although, believes Sinner has carried out sufficient to develop into the primary Italian to end the yr at No 1 within the rankings and the German has now set his sights on No 2 spot.
Sinner and Alcaraz solely have three tournaments remaining on the ATP calendar as they may characteristic at Shanghai, Paris and Turin.
Zverev may even play at these occasions, however he can have probability to decide up additional factors as he has additionally entered the ATP 500 Vienna Open.
“For me personally it would be great to finish the year No 2 in the world,” he stated.
“I believe the No 1 spot is gone to Jannik, he made positive about it throughout the US Open. I believe earlier than the US Open it was fairly open between Jannik, Carlos and myself.
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The German has a 57–18 win-loss document to date this yr, having received one title – the Italian Open – whereas he completed runner-up to Alcaraz at Roland Garros.
He then reached the fourth spherical at Wimbledon and the quarter-final on the US Open earlier than withdrawing from the China Open due to pneumonia.
“I feel like my season was a bit in patches. I’ve had great moments, I’ve had very stable moments I think throughout the beginning of the season,” he stated.
“You know, then, of course, the clay court docket season for me was nice, successful Rome, making the finals of the French Open, of course a really bitter finish to the top of the French Open, however that’s how it goes.
“I felt I used to be taking part in the very best tennis of my life on grass court docket this yr throughout Wimbledon till I acquired damage. I really feel like after the Olympics perhaps my stage dropped a little bit bit, however once more, I used to be bodily struggling, I used to be not wholesome. I didn’t know what it was.
“I had a really unhealthy cough for about two and a half months, which no one knew the place it got here from, and now not less than we have now solutions. We know what it was, we all know the place it got here from, so I’m completely satisfied about that.
“I definitely had a little bit of a drop off in level after the Olympics maybe a little bit, so I’m hoping I can get back to top form again.”
