Last week, Djokovic lost in straight sets to fellow countryman Dusan Lajovic in the quarter-finals of a tournament in Banja Luka. “Nole” thus loses 105 points, but still leads with 7,135 points. The 35-year-old has topped the charts since April 3.

In the final of the Barcelona tournament, Alcaraz defeated Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4, thanks to which he has 6770 points. This extended his winning streak over Tsitsipas to five. The Greek has yet to beat the Spanish rival.

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– It’s incredible. Feel that energy and lift the trophy in Barcelona in front of my family and friends, and most of my team. To play at this level and win the title in front of such an audience is a good feeling – said the second in the ATP rankings after the victory.

It is the ninth title of the 19-year-old Spaniard’s career and the third this year. He has already won tournaments in Buenos Aires and Indian Wells.

Third with 5240 points is Russian Daniil Medvedev, who overtook Norwegian Casper Ruud – 5210 points.

Hurkacz has 2660 points and remains in 15th place. Poland’s top tennis player played his last match on April 13, when he lost to Italian Jannik Sinner in the third round of the Monte Carlo tournament.

The second Pole, Kamil Majchrzak, has 356 points and is 168. Daniel Michalski has gained 22 positions and is currently ranked 272nd. Right behind him is Kacper Żuk.

The top of the ATP World Tour tennis rankings – as of April 24:

1. (1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 7,135 pts 2. (2) Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 6,770 3. (4) Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 5,240 4. (3) Casper Ruud (Norway) 5,210 5 (5) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 5195 6. (6) Andrei Rublev (Russia) 4280 7. (7) Holger Rune (Denmark) 4070 8. (8) Jannik Sinner (Italy) 3615 9. (9) Felix Auger -Aliassime (Canada) 3405 10. (10) Taylor Fritz (USA) 3290 … 15. (15) Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) 2660 168.(166) Kamil Majchrzak (Poland) 356 272.(294) Daniel Michalski 192 273. (263) ) Kacper Żuk (Poland) 191

CM, PAP