Russian Daniil Medvedev is once again occupying the world No. 1 spot. 1, this time ahead of German Alexander Zverev, for the first time No. 2, at the expense of Serbian Novak Djokovic who fell to 3rd place in the ATP ranking published on Monday.
At the age of 26, Medvedev had already occupied this N.1 spot for two weeks at the end of February and beginning of March.
This is, however, the first for Zverev, 25, who is ranked third in the world for a cumulative 56 weeks since November 2017.
Djokovic, winner of Roland-Garros in 2021, was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2022 edition by Spanish Rafael Nadal, who remains 4th in the world but is now just 245 points behind his great rival.
The Serbian, solid No. 1 at the end of 2021, was also barred from playing at the Australian Open in January due to a legal imbroglio with a medical exemption regarding his non -vaccination against Covid.
We have to go back to October 2018 to see Djokovic not in one of the first two ranks of the ATP circuit hierarchy.
Unhappy finalist in Paris, Norwegian Casper Ruud reached his best race ranking of 5th in the world, a spot ahead of Greek Stefanso Tsitsipas.
In the rest of the Top 20, Félix Auger-Aliassime retained 9th place, while Canadian Denis Shapovalov (CAN) surpassed Argentinian Diego Schwartzman in 15th place.
Finally, Pole Hubert Hurkacz took 12th position in the standings instead of Italian Jannik Sinner.
Stable Swiatek
Among women, Polish Iga Swiatek remains firmly in the world No. 1 spot. 1 ahead of Estonian Anett Kontaveit.
Swiatek, at the top of the WTA hierarchy since the surprise retirement of Australian Ashleigh Barty at the end of March, is 4,120 points ahead of Kontaveit.
The only change in the Top 20 was Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who lost in the final on Sunday at ‘s-Hertogenbosch by Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, who took fifth place from Greece’s Maria Sakkari.
Otherwise, Quebecer Leylah-Annie Fernandez maintained her 15th position with just 37 points behind Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
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Source: Radio-Canada