[Sport] Another victory for Alcaraz over Djokovic: the ATP gives him the highest possible prize and forgets about the Serbian

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When Novak Djokovic won his first Grand Slam, the Australian Open in 2008, Carlos Alcaraz barely lifted a few feet off the ground and the racket he trained with took up more space than him. Now, a decade and a half later, the Murcian and the Serbian star in the last great rivalry of tennis. “I think about Novak Djokovic almost in every training session, I'm not going to lie to you,” declared the Spaniard upon his arrival in Shanghai to play the penultimate tournament of the year before the ATP Finals. “He is always pushing me to the limit. I think I do more or less the same thing. That's why we had a memorable final,” said the Serbian after the last final that both played in Cincinnati.

Both have reinvented the ultimate tennis rivalry in 2023, facing each other four times. The last one, in Turin, was scored by the Serbian (3-6, 2-6), thus sealing his place in the final of the ATP Finals, which he ultimately ended up winning after clearly beating Jannik Sinner. Like many other times against many other candidates much younger than him, Novak Djokovic prevailed again at 36 years old and that intangible delays his retirement. “When the young people start kicking my ass it will mean that it is time to reflect, but for now it is not happening. My additional motivation is in those young men who are hungry for success and inspired to play their best against me. In a way, they awakened the beast in me,” he reflects.

The Masters 1000 elevate Alcaraz

 

The defeat in Turin marked the end for Carlitos of a season that, despite the results and sensations of the last tournaments, is, with six titles, the best since he competed on the circuit. Which has brought him 10.7 million euros, five less than Djokovic whose amount amounts to 15.9 kilos. However, in the bonus distributed by the ATP at the end of each season, the Murcian surpasses the Serbian overwhelmingly.

The extras are part of the ATP budget set at the beginning of the season, with amounts already marked to be distributed based on two criteria: 20 million dollars for the 30 players with the best results in Masters 1000 tournaments (including the ATP Finals) , and 1.3 million dollars for the five tennis players with the best records in ATP 500 tournaments. Under the aforementioned criteria, Alcaraz leads the distribution with 4.4 million dollars. The opposite is experienced by Novak Djokovic who has not received a single euro as he has not participated in seven Masters 1000. Despite this, the Serbian is the tennis player who has earned the most money, thanks to successful participation in Grand Slam tournaments. .

Top ten tennis players with the greatest extra bonus:
Carlos Alcaraz: $4,443,073
Daniil Medvedev: 2,308,344
Jannik Sinner: 2,106,872
Andrey Rublev: 1,082,956
Hubert Hurkacz: 900.219
Holger Rune: 782,945
Alexander Zverev: 718,662
Stefanos Tsitsipas: 636,884
Taylor Fritz: 543,114
Álex de Minaur: 441,292

 

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