Rafael Nadal had an early exit from Cincinnati but the Spaniard is still in control of the ATP Race leading in front of
Stefanos Tsitsipas.
With Tsitsipas' final at the Western & Southern Open, the difference is only about a thousand points which gives both a chance to finish the year as number one. They will both have a chance to overtake Medvedev in New York actually but need things to happen in a very specific way to happen.
Besides them,
Carlos Alcaraz who is number three in the Race and
Casper Ruud who is number four in the Race also have a chance to overtake Medvedev. The Russian is currently 5th and he also has a chance to retain his number one ranking.
With his triumph in Cincinnati, Borna Coric moved up to number 22 in the Race having 1360 points. 1000 of them came thanks to the triumph. Check out the Race rankings below.
ATP Race (August 22nd):
1 Rafael Nadal 36 ESP 5630
2 Stefanos Tsitsipas 24 GRE 4620
3 Carlos Alcaraz 19 ESP 4460
4 Casper Ruud 23 NOR 3685
6 Félix Auger-Aliassime 22 CAN 2815
7 Alexander Zverev 25 GER 2700
8 Andrey Rublev 24 RUS 2695
9 Hubert Hurkacz 25 POL 2500
10 Taylor Fritz 24 USA 2375
11 Cameron Norrie 26 GBR 2140
12 Pablo Carreño Busta 31 ESP 2090
13 Novak Djoković 35 SRB 1970
14 Matteo Berrettini 26 ITA 1865
15 Jannik Sinner 21 ITA 1860
16 Marin Čilić 33 CRO 1720
17 Roberto Bautista Agut 34 ESP 1650
18 Diego Schwartzman 30 ARG 1600
19 Alex de Minaur 23 AUS 1520
20 Nick Kyrgios 27 AUS 1420
21 Denis Shapovalov 23 CAN 1415
22 Borna Ćorić 25 CRO 1360
23 Francisco Cerúndolo 24 ARG 1323
24 Daniel Evans 32 GBR 1265