Daniil Medvedev will replace Novak Djokovic as the world’s number one tennis player and will become the sport’s new No. 1 in the process. For the primary time since Andy Roddick held prime spot in 2004, Monday will mark the primary time a participant outdoors of the ‘Huge 4’ of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic can be ranked world No. 1 in males’s tennis.
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev can be topped the brand new No. 1 after Djokovic’s shock defeat to world No. 123 Jiri Vesely within the quarterfinals of the Dubai Obligation Free Tennis Championships on Thursday.
Djokovic holds the all-time file for weeks spent at No. 1 with 361, having surpassed Federer’s earlier file of 310 again in March 2021.
Nevertheless, Djokovic’s choice to not get vaccinated for Covid-19 and the next choice to revoke his visa in Australia price him the two,000 rating factors he earned as final yr’s Australian Open champion.
After profitable final yr’s US Open – beating Djokovic within the closing – Medvedev continued his rise by reaching this yr’s Australian Open closing, the place he misplaced in an epic five-set conflict to Nadal.
The pair will face off in a rematch on Saturday on the Mexican Open semifinals after Nadal beat America’s Tommy Paul and Medvedev beat Germany’s Peter Gojowczyk.
Nadal’s victory means the Spaniard extends his career-best profitable begin to the season to 13 matches.
It appears unlikely that Djokovic, who solely performed his first match of 2022 on Monday, will be capable to regain prime spot within the close to future.
The 20-time grand slam champion mentioned earlier this week that he nonetheless can’t enter the USA to compete at Indian Wells and the Miami Open in March – two Masters 1000 occasions – and beforehand informed the BBC he can be prepared to skip the French Open and Wimbledon over his choice to not be vaccinated.
