MOSCOW, Oct 3 Spaniards Carlos Alcaras and Rafael Nadal became the first in 22 year by compatriots in the top 2 rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), an updated version of which is published on the organization's website. Nadal moved Norwegian Kasper Ruud from second place. Russian Daniil Medvedev retained fourth place, Andrei Rublev — ninth, Karen Khachanov — 18th, Aslan Karatsev — 39th. Russian Roman Safiullin last week reached the second semi-final of the season in Tel Aviv, where he lost in straight sets to top seeded Novak Djokovic. As a result, he achieved a new career high of 92 in the world rankings.ATP Ranking October 3rd:1 (1). Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) — 6740 points; 2 (3). Rafael Nadal (Spain) — 5810;3 (2). Kasper Ruud (Norway) — 5645;4 (4). Daniil Medvedev (Russia) — 5065;5 (5). Alexander Zverev (Germany) — 5040;6 (6). Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) — 4810;7 (7). Novak Djokovic (Serbia) — 3820;8 (8). Cameron Norrie (Great Britain) — 3445;9 (9). Andrey Rublev (Russia) — 3345;10 (11). Hubert Hurkach (Poland) — 3175…18 (18). Karen Khachanov (Russia) — 1990…39 (39). Aslan Karatsev (Russia) — 1085…92 (104). Roman Safiullin (Russia) — 586. The last time compatriots took first and second places in the ATP rankings in 2000. Then the Americans Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi achieved a similar achievement.
