(Paris) The Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz is still No.1 in the ATP ranking published on Monday, the day of his entry into the running at Roland-Garros, where the young Frenchman Arthur Fils arrives in the shoes of the 63rd in the world after a strong progression.
Alcaraz is still ahead of Russian Daniil Medvedev and Serbian Novak Djokovic in a top 10 with only one change: American Taylor Fritz moves up to 8th place after his semi-final in Geneva, ahead of Italian Jannik Sinner.
Rafael Nadal, defending champion at Roland-Garros, is currently 15th in the standings, but the Spaniard will not be able to defend the points of his fourteenth Parisian coronation, having withdrawn and will disappear from the top 100.
Djokovic and Alcaraz enter the fray Monday Porte d’Auteuil, respectively against the American Aleksandar Kovacevic, 114th in the world, and against the Italian Flavio Cobolli, 159th. The two favorites can meet in the semi-finals.
After his victory at the ATP 250 tournament in Lyon, Arthur Fils tumbled into the top 100, in 63rd place (gain of 49 places). At 18, he faces at Roland-Garros on Monday the 29th in the world, the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich.
