After winning his ATP Tour-leading fourth title of the season on Sunday at the Mutua Madrid Open, Carlos Alcaraz will challenge Rafael Nadal for the lead in the Pepperstone ATP Race To Turin next week in Rome.
Alcaraz will arrive at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia with a chance to overtake Nadal, who now leads him by just 70 points. Just this week, the 19-year-old earned his first win against Nadal in the Madrid quarter-finals.
Pepperstone ATP Race To Turin Standings
| Player | Points |
| 1) Rafael Nadal | 3,540 |
| 2) Carlos Alcaraz | 3,470 |
| 3) Stefanos Tsitsipas | 2,900 |
| 4) Andrey Rublev | 1,920 |
| 5) Daniil Medvedev | 1,900 |
The Pepperstone ATP Race To Turin reflects the year-to-date standings, but Alcaraz is also making big moves in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. On Monday, the Spanish teen will climb to a career-high World No. 6. Entering the same week last year, he was at World No. 114 and still had not cracked the Top 100.
Next week in Rome, the two-time ATP Masters 1000 titlist will have a chance to ascend as high as World No. 4. Alcaraz trails World No. 4 Nadal by 1,662 points and World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas by 977 points. But since Nadal and Tsitsipas are defending 1,000 and 180 points, respectively, at the Foro Italico and Alcaraz can only add points, he could continue his meteoric rise.
After defeating Nadal and Novak Djokovic in Madrid, the 19-year-old will be on the opposite half of the draw in Rome. There, the seventh seed is projected to play second seed Alexander Zverev in the quarter-finals if they both advance that far. Alcaraz eased past Zverev 6-3, 6-1 in the Madrid final.
“It’s highly, highly possible Alcaraz could finish this year No. 1 in the world,” said former World No. 1 Jim Courier, who broadcasted the Madrid final for Tennis Channel.
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