Carlos Alcaraz reclaimed the No. 1 world ranking with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Alex de Minaur on Sunday in the final of the Cinch Championships in London.
Alcaraz, who captured his first grass-court title in 99 minutes at The Queen’s Club, will move past Novak Djokovic for the top spot in the world rankings on Monday.
The top-seeded Spaniard struck seven aces and saved both break points he faced to defeat de Minaur for the second time in as many career meetings. Alcaraz, 20, toppled the seventh-seeded Australian in a three-set semifinal on clay last year in Barcelona.
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Unseeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan posted a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over No. 3 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia in the final in Halle, Germany.
Bublik, 26, won 91 percent (41 of 45) of the points on his first serve and recorded 21 aces to offset 12 double-faults en route to dispatching Rublev in 94 minutes. The title was Bublik’s first on grass and his first at an ATP 500 event.
Bublik delivered nearly twice as many winners (42 to 23) as Rublev and will jump from 48th in the world to a career-best 26th in the next rankings.
–Field Level Media