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Daniil Medvedev officially became the new number one in world tennismoving from the top to Novak Djokovic. The 26-year-old Russian won the US Open last year and reached the Australian Open final of this year.
Djokovic dropped to second place after only participating in a single tournament this season due to his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Serbian could not compete in Australiaclearing the way for Rafael Nadal took his 21st title Grand Slam and stay only at the top of the list of players with the most big titles.
For the first time since February 2004, when Andy Roddick briefly topped the rankings, the world number one is not DjokovicNadal, Roger Federer O Andy Murray. Medvedev he is the third Russian who leads the classification. they did too Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safe.
“Of course I am happy. It has been my goal since I was young,” he said. Medvedev.
Djokovic He had been at the top of the rankings since February 3, 2020. He had been at the top for 361 weeks, the longest period since the numbers were computed. rankings in 1973. The Serb said that Medvedev was “very deserving” of number one in a tweet from last week.
“It’s good for tennis that there is a new number one,” he said. Jiri Vesely after defeating Djokovic in the Dubai Championship quarterfinals last Thursday, which guaranteed that Medvedev would go to the top of the standings.
Medvedev he is a very tall player (1.98 meters, 6-6 feet) and has an unorthodox style. He exploits his height well to make winning shots and changes tactics in the middle of the game.
He played four major tournament finals, winning one: Defeated Djokovic at US Open del 2021. He fell to Nadal in the 2019 US Open finals and of 2022 Australian Openand against Djokovic in the Australian Open from last year.
Alexander Zverev remains third and Nadal rose to fourth place after winning this weekend the Mexican Openin which beat Medvedev in the semi-finals. The Spaniard has 15 wins without losses so far this year.
In the female branch, Ash Barty follow first and Barbora Krejcikova rose to second place, displacing Aryna Sabalenka to the third. Iga Swiatek, for her part, climbed four positions and was fourth.
Given: The Russian has 13 titles, including four Master 1000 tournaments and the one of the 2020 ATP Final.
