Alcaraz sets stage for epic year-end No. 1 battle with Sinner by winning Wimbledon

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a has set the stage for a memorable battle for ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a after winning the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a title on Sunday./ppThe Spaniard began The Championships in third place in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, but with 2,000 points for triumphing at the grass-court major is now just 250 points behind first-placed Sinner, who dominated the first half of the season./ppThe PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, which is the season-to-date standings, is a good measuring stick for the year-end No. 1 battle.nbsp;/pp/ppstronga rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles-race-to-turin" target="_blank"PIF ATP Live Race To Turin/a/strong/ptable style="width: 100%;" tbody tr tdnbsp;strongPlayer/strong/td tdnbsp;strongPoints/strong/td /tr tr tdnbsp;1) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a/td tdnbsp;6,200/td /tr tr tdnbsp;2) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a/td tdnbsp;5,950/td /tr tr tdnbsp;3) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a/td tdnbsp;4,785/td /tr tr tdnbsp;4) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a/td tdnbsp;4,000/td /tr tr tdnbsp;5) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a/td tdnbsp;3,485/td /tr tr tdnbsp;6) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a/td tdnbsp;3,160/td /tr tr tdnbsp;7) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a/td tdnbsp;2,905/td /tr tr tdnbsp;8) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a/td tdnbsp;2,565/td /tr /tbody/tablepAlcaraz in 2022 became the youngestnbsp;ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF in history aged 19. Now he is well in the battle to accomplish the feat for the second time after winning back-to-back major titles at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a./ppSinner, who earned his maiden major trophy at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a, also emerged victorious at Rotterdam, ATP Masters 1000 Miami and Halle to take a commanding lead in the Live Race. Alcaraz has narrowed that gap in the past month with his Slam wins./p[ATP APP]pThe Lexus ATP Head2Head rivalry between Alcaraz and Sinner has quickly become the most gripping rivalry of the new generation, with the 21-year-old and 22-year-old, respectively, thrilling fans around the world with their play. Alcaraz leads their series 5-4./ppDjokovic by reaching the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a final climbed seven spots to sixth in the Live Race, putting himself in qualifying position for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a, which will be held from 10-17 November. The Serbian is trying to qualify for the year-end championships for the 17th time, which would tie him for second in tournament history with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a./ppOf the top eight players in the Live Race, only a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a has never competed in the season finale. The seventh-placed Aussie is 240 points ahead of a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a, who currently holds the final qualifying position./pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/pbr /