Hopeless Carlos Alcaraz offers blunt response to Jannik Sinner threatening to remove World No. 1 rank

Carlos Alcaraz has a looming menace to his World No. 1 rating, with arch-rival Jannik Sinner closing in quick. Nevertheless, the Spaniard seems largely unfazed and delivered a blunt response when requested concerning the state of affairs.

At present competing on the Monte-Carlo Masters to kick off his clay-court swing, Alcaraz arrived after a disappointing Sunshine Double, falling within the semifinals on the Indian Wells Masters and exiting within the third spherical of the Miami Open.

As the highest seed in Monte Carlo, Alcaraz opened his marketing campaign towards Sebastian Baez and cruised by way of with a dominant 6-1, 6-3 win to succeed in the third spherical. After the victory, he was requested throughout his on-court interview about the potential for dropping the No. 1 rating to Sinner.

Alcaraz stored it easy, saying:

“To be trustworthy, I am gonna lose the No. 1 of the world. I do not know if it is gonna be on this match or the subsequent one. I am defending a bunch of factors and it is gonna be actually tough to defend all. If I defend them, Jannik goes so as to add some factors on this match [as] he would not should defend factors on this match. So I’ll attempt to play my greatest and let’s have a look at what occurs.”

“However clearly in fact for me the No. 1 spot isn’t in my thoughts proper now. I am simply attempting to really feel pretty much as good as I can on clay court docket and let’s have a look at what’s gonna be the clay swing,” he added.

Carlos Alcaraz, who’s the defending champion on the Monte-Carlo Masters, has a major 4,300 factors to defend through the claycourt swing. In the meantime, Jannik Sinner went titleless on clay final 12 months, doubtlessly giving the Italian a smoother path in his push for the highest spot within the ATP rankings.

Jannik Sinner suggested to not chase Carlos Alcaraz for World No. 1 spot by former Italian professional

Paolo Bertolucci, a retired Italian professional, has weighed in on Jannik Sinner’s pursuit of Carlos Alcaraz’s World No. 1 rating. His feedback got here after Sinner kicked off his marketing campaign on the Monte-Carlo Masters with a commanding 6-3, 6-0 win over Ugo Humbert on Tuesday.

Bertolucci instructed that Sinner shouldn’t be overly involved about reaching No. 1 proper now. In his view, what actually issues is sustaining efficiency throughout the season and ending the 12 months on the high of the rankings, quite than attaining it briefly.

“The World No. 1 rating is just a consequence of outcomes,” Bertolucci informed La Gazzetta dello Sport. I don’t suppose it’s that vital. What actually issues is ending the 12 months on the high of the ATP rankings, as a result of there are additionally bonuses linked to sponsorships.”

“Nobody may be primary all season, and I feel all this frenzy across the rankings is unfounded,” he added.

For now, Jannik Sinner will shift his focus to his subsequent match, the place he’s set to face both Francisco Cerundolo or Tomas Machac on Thursday, April 9. In the meantime, Carlos Alcaraz is scheduled to tackle both Tomas Martin Etcheverry or Terence Atmane on the identical day.