Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz battle to be world No. 1 after US Open

The race to be world No. 1 is on again. Barely has Daniil Medvedev settled into the spot for a second time and already there is talk about who might replace him.

Could Alexander Zverev make his debut at the summit this summer? Could Rafael Nadal return to No. 1 after a two-and-a-half-year absence? Will Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas soon be in the running? Ad With stacks of points up for grabs at back-to-back Masters 1000 events and the US Open, the battle to be No. 1 is hotting up.

US Open'Complete lunacy' — Isner blasts Djokovic's US Open absence due to vaccination status04/08/2022 AT 17:01 How long will Medvedev keep hold of top spot this time? And who will finish as year-end No. 1? What are the current ATP rankings? Medvedev has been No. 1 since replacing Novak Djokovic on June 13.

The Russian improved his lead over world No. 2 Zverev by beating Cameron Norrie to win his first title of the year in Los Cabos. Nadal is third in the rankings ahead of Alcaraz, Tsitsipas and Djokovic.

ATP Rankings – August 8 1. Daniil Medvedev – 7875 points 2. Alexander Zverev – 6760 points 3.

Rafael Nadal – 5620 points 4. Carlos Alcaraz – 5035 points 5. Stefanos Tsitsipas – 5000 points 6.

Novak Djokovic – 4770 points How long will Medvedev stay as No. 1? While Medvedev was out of the conversation at Wimbledon due to the ban on Russian and Belarusian players, this has been a time of the year where he has made plenty of noise in recent years. Only once in his previous eight combined visits to the Canadian Open, Western & Southern Open and US Open has he lost before the quarter-finals.