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Djokovic extends lead in ATP rankings

Published: 06 Nov 2023 - 04:06 pm | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2023 - 04:08 pm
Serbia's Novak Djokovic poses with the trophy after winning the men's singles final match of the Paris ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament against Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, at the Accor Arena - Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy - in Paris on November 5, 2023. (Photo by Julien De Rosa / AFP)

Serbia's Novak Djokovic poses with the trophy after winning the men's singles final match of the Paris ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament against Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, at the Accor Arena - Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy - in Paris on November 5, 2023. (Photo by Julien De Rosa / AFP)

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Paris: After winning a seventh Paris Masters at the weekend Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic extended his lead in the world ATP rankings over Spain's Carlos Alcaraz on Monday.

The 36-year-old Djokovic won his 40th Masters 1000 title and stretched his winning run to 18 matches to top the rankings on 11,445 points with 20-year-old Alcaraz on 8,455 heading into the elite year-ending ATP finals in Turin next week.

Denmark's Holger Rune is the loser of the week dropping three places to tenth after his quarter-final loss to Djokovic.

His slip allowed Casper Ruud of Norway to jump one spot to seventh, Germany's Alexander Zverev to climb to eighth and American Taylor Fritz moving to ninth.

ATP rankings as of November 6:
1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 11445 pts
2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 8455
3. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 7200
4. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 5490
5. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 5205
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 4435
7. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3625 (+1)
8. Alexander Zverev (GER) 3585 (+1)
9. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3500 (+1)
10. Holger Rune (DEN) 3460 (-3)