What Alcaraz’s loss means for World No. 1 battle

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/arsquo;s second-round loss to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a Thursday at the cinch Championships could have a big impact on the battle for No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings./ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a, who last week became the first Italian in history to reach World No. 1, has an opportunity at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/halle/500/overview'Terra Wortmann Open/a to consolidate his standing for the weeks to come./pp/ppSinner has 9,490 live points, putting him 1,130 points ahead of live World No. 2 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a and 1,360 points ahead of live World No. 3 Alcaraz./ppstrongPIF ATP Live Rankings (as of 20 June)/strong/ptable style="width: 100%;" tbody tr tdnbsp;strongPlayer/strong/td tdnbsp;strongCurrent Pts/strong/td tdnbsp;strongMax Pts/strong/td /tr tr tdnbsp;1) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a/td tdnbsp;9,490/td tdnbsp;9,890/td /tr tr tdnbsp;2) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a/td tdnbsp;8,360/td tdnbsp;-/td /tr tr tdnbsp;3) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a/td tdnbsp;8,130/td tdnbsp;-/td /tr /tbody/tablepThe 22-year-old Italian can add an additional 400 points if he lifts the Halle trophy at the end of the week, which would give him a 1,530-point margin over his competitors. /ppAlcaraz was defending 500 points this week as last yearrsquo;s Queenrsquo;s Club champion. Losing in the second round meant a net loss of 450 points, allowing Djokovic to pass him for World No. 2 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings./p[ATP APP]pAn added bonus for Sinner is that he will also defend fewer points than Alcaraz and Djokovic at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a. The World No. 1 will only defend 720 points compared to 2,000 for Alcaraz and 1,200 for Djokovic./ppstrongWatch diary of a new World No. 1/strong/pdiv style="position: relative; display: block; max-width: 100%;"div style="padding-top: 56.25%;"iframe src="https://players.brightcove.net/6057277721001/8gZSNwgH_default/index.html?videoId=6355173098112" allow="encrypted-media" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;"/iframe/div/divp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p