Nadal spent 2022 relatively successful. He won 2 Grand Slam (Australia Open and Roland Garros) to rise to lead the race for the player who owns the most Grand Slam of all time.
The King of the Platform is now ranked 3rd on the ATP rankings. This means that the 36 -year -old player is experiencing the 17th consecutive year belonging to the top 50 players in the world.
If the US Open 2022 championship, Nadal will definitely end in 2022 at the No. 1 position in the world. If this happens, the owner of 22 Grand Slam will have the 6th calendar to end at the No. 1 position on the ATP rankings. He will overcome the achievements of Roger Federer as well as shorten the gap with Novak Djokovic. Djokovic has had 7 years ending at No. 1.
However, with the current 3rd place and in 2022, preparing to enter the last 2 months of competition, Nadal caught up with the milestone that Federer created this year. The current distance between Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz (No. 1) is 930 points. While the 36 -year -old tennis player has not completely recovered from the abdominal muscles encountered at Wimbledon, Alcaraz still proved energetic and stable.
Astana Open (ATP 500), Japan Open (ATP 500), Swiss Indoors (ATP 500), Vienna Open (ATP 500) and Paris Masters (Masters 1000) are the 5 most noticeable tournaments in 2022. If they have achieved good achievements at these events, Nadal can completely surpass Alcaraz.
However, as mentioned above, the age of the same age made the king of the clay difficult to attend all the tournaments. It is difficult for him to end in 2022 calendar at the No. 1 throne.
