Alcaraz climbs to second in Live Race; How far away is first?

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a climbed to second in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin on Monday when he reached the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/beijing/747/overview'China Open/a semi-finals. How far from first is the Spaniard?/ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a still leads Alcaraz by 2,990 points in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, which serves as an indicator for ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF. The Italian is in very good position to become the first Italian to claim the honour./ppAlcaraz is well placed to finish in the year-end Top 2 for the third consecutive season. Two years ago, aged 19, he earned ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF. Last season, he finished No. 2. /ppstronga rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles-race-to-turin" target="_blank"PIF ATP Live Race To Turin/a/strongnbsp;(as of 30 September)/pp/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;9,200/td /tr tr tdnbsp;2)nbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a/td tdnbsp;6,210/td /tr tr tdnbsp;3) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a/td tdnbsp;6,115/td /tr tr tdnbsp;4) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a/td tdnbsp;4,620/td /tr tr tdnbsp;5) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a/td tdnbsp;3,890/td /tr tr tdnbsp;6) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a/td tdnbsp;3,795/td /tr tr tdnbsp;7) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a/td tdnbsp;3,580/td /tr tr tdnbsp;8) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a/td tdnbsp;3,305/td /tr /tbody/tablepAlcaraz's hopes of ending the season at No. 1 are not completely dashed, either, with plenty of points still up for grabs in the next month and a half. But to put any pressure on Sinner, Alcaraz must continue winning, starting with his Beijing semi-final against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a./ppSinner, Alcaraz and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a have qualified for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a, which will be played from 10-17 November in Turin. The next in line to qualify is Medvedev, who is fourth in the Live Race./pp[ATP APP]/ppMedvedev is trying to earn his place at the season finale for the sixth consecutive season. The 2020 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a champion knows it will not be easy to move closer by defeating Alcaraz on Tuesday./ppldquo;Tough test against Carlos,rdquo; Medvedev said. ldquo;Maybe he's a bit less than Jannik in the zone, but when he's in the zone, he's probably the best player in the world. Tough to play him. I feel like now he's in the zone. So it's a great test for me.rdquo;/ppMedvedev owns a 730-point advantage over fifth-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a in the Live Race. If he wins the Chinese ATP 500 title, he would increase his lead over the American to 1,030 points./ppFirst-placed Sinner will face home favourite a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yunchaokete-bu/y09v/overview" target="_blank"Buyunchaokete/a in the other Beijing semi-final./ppSeventh-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a had a big opportunity to surge to fifth in the Live Race by winning the Beijing title. However, he fell to Buyunchaokete on Monday evening in the quarter-finals./pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p