ATP Race to Turin Update: Sinner and Alcaraz stay ahead in ATP Race, Djokovic rises to 6th place

The ATP Race to Turin has been updated in a week marked by preparations for the Olympic Games for most of the top-50 players. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz remain the leaders of the Race, while Novak Djokovic entered the qualification zone for the ATP Finals in 6th place.

While some players are taking advantage of the last week to compete on clay in the ATP 250 Kitzbuhel Open and Umag Open, many are targeting Paris 2024 next week. Other top players, who will not be at the Olympics, have started the North American hard court season at the Atlanta Open.

Following the end of Wimbledon, where Alcaraz defeated Djokovic in the final, the last grass-court tournament took place last week at the Newport Hall of Fame, concluding the grass swing with American Marcos Giron’s title. At the same time, clay tournaments returned in Europe amid preparations for Paris 2024, which will be held at Stade Roland Garros.

The big winner of the week was Arthur Fils, who secured his first ATP 500 title at the Hamburg Open after defeating local favorite and world No. 4 Alexander Zverev. The Frenchman guaranteed his entry into the top-20 of the Race and will arrive with high confidence at the Olympics, where he will be the main local hope on the men's side.

Other players who registered significant advances include Matteo Berrettini, champion at the Swiss Open Gstaad, who for the first time will be among the top 40 in the Race. Meanwhile, Nuno Borges reached an unexpected 27th position after winning his first title at the Bastad Open, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final. The Spaniard, incidentally, is currently No. 107 in the Race.

The 22-year-old Jannik Sinner has maintained his lead in the ATP Race since the beginning of the year after winning his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. The Italian, with 4 titles this season and a record of 42-4, has had enough consistency to stay atop the Race despite semifinal exits at the French Open and quarterfinals at Wimbledon.

However, he no longer has the comfort he enjoyed for much of the year. Carlos Alcaraz has found his best form in recent months, winning the last two Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, elevating him to second place in the Race and increasingly closer to Sinner, with a gap of just 250 points.

In a surprising third place is Alexander Zverev, who has played in three finals in his last five tournaments, winning the Rome Open title and then falling in the finals of the French Open and Hamburg Open this week. Nevertheless, his consistency keeps him in third place, just ahead of Daniil Medvedev. The Russian has lost ground to his rivals but remains in the top-4 with 4,000 points.

Following are Casper Ruud (5th), Novak Djokovic (6th), Alex de Minaur (7th), and Stefanos Tsitsipas (8th). The 24-time Grand Slam champion, Djokovic, had not been in the top-10 of the Race since the start of the year after the Australian Open but had gone months without achieving a good result. Despite the disappointing loss in the Wimbledon final, the 1,200 points he earned put him in a comfortable position for a qualification spot at the ATP Finals, where he is the defending champion.

Behind the players in qualification spots are Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, who round out the top 10, followed closely by Grigor Dimitrov, Andrey Rublev, and Hubert Hurkacz.

There won't be major movements at the top of the Race, considering that the Olympic Games do not award points. Only in August, with the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open Masters 1000, could new protagonists emerge in the Race standings.