Paris (AFP)
Serbian Novak Djokovic remains at the top of the ATP rankings, ahead of Russia’s Daniil Medvedev and Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the latest ranking issued on Monday.
But the Russian can end the dominance of the Serbian, who broke the record for two years on the top of the world rankings, starting from February 28, as Djokovic is scheduled to compete in the Dubai tournament, and Medvedev in the Mexican Acapulco tournament in the same week “between 21 and 26 this year”.
The Russian will take the lead if he wins the title regardless of Djokovic’s results, or if he reaches the final and the Serbian fails to win the Dubai tournament, or if he reaches the semi-finals and Djokovic is unable to reach the final of the Dana Al Dunia tournament.
He can also snatch first place, if he reaches the quarter-finals in Acapulco and Djokovic fails to qualify for the semi-finals in Dubai, or if he exits from the second round of the Mexican tournament and Djokovic does not reach the semi-finals in Dubai, or if he leaves the first round in Acapulco and does not The arrival of the Serbian to the quarter-finals in Dubai.
There was no change in the top ten for men.
In the women’s category, Australian Ashleigh Barty remained at the top of the standings, followed by Belarusian Arina Sabalenka, while Poland’s Iga Šviontik fell fourth to ninth place.
It was also remarkable the return of Tunisian Ons Jaber to the club of the first ten, after she had fallen a rank in the last classification due to her withdrawal from the Australian Open due to injury.
Ranking of the top ten players:
1 – Novak Djokovic 10,875 points
2- Russian Daniil Medvedev 9635
3- German Alexander Zverev 7865
4- Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 7355
5 – Rafael Nadal 6875
6- Italian Matteo Berrettini 5018
7- Russian Andrey Rublev 4700
8- Norwegian Casper Rod 4065
9- Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 4018
10- Italian Yannick Sener 3429
Ranking of the top ten players:
1- Australian Ashleigh Barty 8,330 points
2- Belarusian Arina Sabalenka 5698
3- Czech Barbora Krajicekova 5533
4- Czech Karolina Pliskova 4452
5- Spain’s Paula Padusa 4429
6- Estonian Annette Kontaveit 4241
7- Spanish Garbine Mugurosa 4195
8- The Greek Maria Sakkari 4191
9- Polish Ega شفيewentek 3986
10- Tunisian Anas Jaber 3070