The semifinals of the ATP 500 in Beijing will bring together three of the top-5 in the ATP world ranking. There is the Italian Jannik Sinner (1), Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (3) and the Russian Daniil Medvedev. Those absent are German Alexander Zverev (2), who dropped out of the draw due to illness, and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (4), who took another week of respite and preparation before returning to the Shanghai Masters 1000 ATP, in which all of them will coincide in the coming days.
The ATP ranking podium will continue to be the same when the Beijing tournament concludes, but with a change in the established order. He continues to lead, untouched by the consolidated advantage of being US Open champion, Jannik Sinner (10,880 points), but once again has Carlos Alcaraz (6,710), which was guaranteed to surpass Alexander Zverev (6,705) by five points after beating the Russian in the quarterfinals Karen Khanov by 7-5 and 6-2.
With this result, Alcaraz equaled the result of the 2023 edition, adding 20 points to his account because in this season some of the rounds of the tournaments received more bonuses.
Sinner, who beat the Czech Live in Leheckasubtracts 300 points for now since he defends the 500 points of champion. In any case, he knows that he will leave the Chinese capital with more than 3,000 points over Alcaraz. A figure that is also close to its distance in the ATP Race, the ranking that includes the points confirmed already this campaign.
In Shanghai, where Sinner and Alcaraz They could meet again in the semifinals, the Italian will present 90 points, the same as the Spanish. Zverev, only 10, so he will continue his particular direct fight with Alcaraz for second place.
This is how the ATP world ranking looks
1. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 10.880
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 6,710
3. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 6.705
4. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 5.560
5. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 5,375
6. Andrey Rublev (Rus) / 4.700
7. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 4.060
8. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 4.060
9. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 3.965
10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 3.840
This is how the ATP Race to Turin looks like
1. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 9.200
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 6,210
3. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 6.115
4. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 4,620
5. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 3.890
6. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 3.795
7. Andrey Rublev (Rus) / 3.580
8. Alex de Miñaur (Aus) / 3,305
9. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 3.260
10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 2.835
