Carlos Alcaraz has ousted Djokovic from the tennis throne again

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Carlos Alcaraz is back at the top of the tennis world rankings. The 19-year-old Spaniard wins the Indian Wells ATP 1000 tournament, replacing Novak Djokovic on the throne.

In the final of the $ 10.1 million tournament in the California desert, Alcaraz gave the Russian Daniil Medvedev, also former number one in the world, no chance and won 6: 3 and 6: 2 in just 72 minutes. In both sets, Alcaraz, who won the title at the 250 tournament in Buenos Aires when he returned to the tour in February and then reached the final in Rio de Janeiro, gave his opponent the first chance to serve and made it 3-0 or 4:0 and is then unstoppable.

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It is the eighth tournament victory for the youngest world No. 1, third at a Masters 1000 event after his victories in Madrid and Miami last year. The tournament in the metropolis in southern Florida starts on Wednesday. Alcaraz, who is back at No. 1 for the first time since winning the US Open in 2022, will soon be challenged again.

Novak Djokovic, who rose to the top of the ATP rankings again in January after winning the Australian Open, was absent from the tournament in Indian Wells because he had not been vaccinated against the corona virus. Until May 11, the rule applies in the US that foreigners need a vaccination certificate when they arrive by plane.

Djokovic had unsuccessfully tried to get an exemption. That’s why he can’t participate in Miami either. (cat/SDA)

Source : Blick