# Tennis: US Open champion Alexander Zverev is now in prime position to make a push to become the 30th world number one. The German now trails Italian Jannik Sinner by just one-thousand-810 points in the latest world rankings. Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz is third, while American Ben Shelton has reached a new career-high ranking of fourth following his run to the US Open final. Former world number one Novak Djokovic has officially exited the top ten following his first-round exit in New York. He is currently 12th.
Tennis: Zverev edges closer to Sinner in the world rankings while Djokovic exits the top ten