The Murcian begins the last stretch of the season in Beijing with the aim of recovering number one and the ATP Finals as the grand culmination
Two Masters 1000 and two ATP 500 tournaments before the last event in Turin are Carlitos’ roadmap to lower the blinds on a huge 2023
The tennis season reaches its final stretch with the return of the competition to Asia after years of absence due to the pandemic Covid-19. Beijing will kick off what will be the last stretch of a 2023 that still has left a lot at stake.
It will be in the ATP 500 of Beijing where Carlos reappears Alcarazabsent since the final loss at the US Open against Novak Djokovic. The Murcian has defined his Roadmap in these last two months of competition, in which he will play a total of five tournaments with the aim of returning to the top of the ATP.
This Wednesday the action starts in Beijing, which will be the prelude to the eighth Masters 1000 of the season. Shanghai appears again on the calendar in one of the most emblematic tournaments of the year, which will serve to put an end to the ‘reborn’ Asian tour.
Without Novak Djokovicwho already announced that she would be out for the entire tour, Alcaraz is the big favorite to add two new titles to his record, which would also serve to close the gap with the Serbian in the fight for number one of the ATP.
Back to Europe to put the finishing touch
After the dispute of the two tournaments in China, the action will return to Europe to put the final touch on the season. Carlitos would return to action the week of October 23 with the dispute of the ATP 500 of Basel, where they lost in the semifinals last year. A tournament that will serve to prepare for the last Masters 1000 of the season, that of Paris-Bercywhere he is expected to be back Novak Djokovic.
The Parisian event does not bring good memories for the tennis player El Palmar. Lost in the quarterfinals to Holger Runewho in the end would be champion, due to some physical problems, which would also leave him unable to compete in some ATP Finals in Turinwhich are surely the great objective to close a dream 2023.
Alcaraz withdrew due to physical problems at the 2022 Paris Masters 1000
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With the ticket already in his pocket, Alcaraz He will finally be able to debut, if nothing goes wrong again, in the last event of the season. The most exclusive and which brings together the eight best rackets on the circuit. An appointment that is marked on the calendar Carlitos since the beginning of the year and that a new battle with Novak Djokovicand who knows if with number one back in play.
Furthermore, the elimination of Spain in the Davis cup releases the final event of the competition to Carlos Alcaraz who will focus all his forces on the last five major events on the ATP calendar.
Many points to add
They will be five tournaments that Alcaraz will play between October and November, between which it will barely defend points. Without an Asian tour last year, the Murcian will add everything he achieves in both Beijing and Shanghai, to later defend the semifinals in Basel and the quarterfinals in Paris.
In Turinagain, everything to add and nothing to defend.
🚨Qualified 🚨@carlosalcaraz is the first to earn a ticket by 2023 #NittoATPFinals in Turin 💥
Let the quest for glory begin! 🌟 pic.twitter.com/EWPjLedE9P
— ATP Tour (@atptour) July 17, 2023
All this in a very different situation from a Novak Djokovic who, despite having 3260 advantage points At the top of the ATP ranking, he will have to defend many points in this final stretch of the season.
At the beginning, you will lose the 500 points earned after winning the tournaments. Tel Aviv and Astana in 2022, tournaments that served as an alternative to the canceled Asian tour, and then went to defend the final achieved in Paris and the title in Turin.
A total of 2100 points between the last two tournaments, against the only 180 from a Carlos Alcaraz who is already preparing to take a new leap to the top of world tennis.