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Carlos Alcaraz has won another title on the clay court in Madrid and is reaping the rewards this Monday in the rankings. The Spaniard remains second to Novak Djokovic but for a moment and should be back to number one before Roland Garros. Alexander Zverev, on the other hand, leaves the Top 20 for the first time in six years. The surprises of the tournament Aslan Karatsev, Zhang Zhizhen and Daniel Altmaier progress.
He couldn’t win anything in the Barcelona-Madrid sequence. But by defending the points of his two titles won last year in front of his Spanish public, Carlos Alcaraz did better than limiting the damage. Five tiny points now separate him from Novak Djokovic, who forfeited 360 points from last year’s semi-final in the Spanish capital. If he plays a match in Rome, he will take back the throne from the Serbian, the outgoing champion in the Italian capital.
Finally, there is only one change among the top ten players in the world: Felix Auger-Aliassime, who has been struggling at the moment, loses one spot (10th) to Taylor Fritz (9th), who was eliminated in the round of 16 by Zhang Zhizhen in Madrid. The Canadian was eliminated by Dusan Lajovic and lost the points from his quarterfinal match last year in the Caja Magica.
