Image Source : AP Serbia’s Novak Djokovic poses for images with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup at Brighton Beach after defeating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev on Sunday Feb. 21, 2021 within the males’s singles remaining on the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Feb. 22
Novak Djokovic is gaining on Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal within the Grand Slam standings, and he’s already caught Federer in one other vital statistic: As of Monday, Djokovic has been No. 1 within the ATP rankings for a complete of 310 weeks.
That equals Federer’s profession document for many time spent atop the rankings. And it doesn’t matter what occurs over the subsequent week, Djokovic is assured of breaking Federer’s mark on March 8.
Pete Sampras is third on the listing, with 286 weeks.
Djokovic’s Australian Open championship final month gave the 33-year-old from Serbia 18 Grand Slam singles trophies. Only Federer and Nadal, every with 20, have extra.
Getting to that milestone for No. 1 weeks is “going to be a relief for me, because I’m going to focus all my attention on Slams, mostly,” Djokovic mentioned after beating Daniil Medvedev within the remaining at Melbourne Park. “When you are going for No. 1 rankings, you kind of have to be playing the entire season, and you have to be playing well; you have to play all the tournaments. My goals will adapt and will shift a little bit.”
There was no motion within the ATP’s Top 10 on Monday.
But if present No. 3 Medvedev reaches the ultimate on the hard-court event in Rotterdam, Netherlands, that concludes Sunday, he would overtake Nadal and transfer as much as a career-high No. 2.
That would make Medvedev the primary man aside from Federer, Nadal, Djokovic or Andy Murray to be first or second since International Tennis Hall of Fame electee Lleyton Hewitt was No. 2 behind Federer in July 2005.
Two large jumps this week got here from event champions. Alexei Popyrin, a 21-year-old from Australia, rose 32 locations to 82nd by successful the trophy in Singapore, and Juan Manuel Cerundolo, a 19-year-old from Argentina, went up 154 spots to 181st by gathering the Cordona Open title. It was Cerundolo’s debut in a tour-level occasion.
Reigning French Open champion Iga Swiatek added a second profession tour-level title on the Adelaide International, which allowed her to maneuver up three spots to a career-high No. 15 within the WTA rankings.
There had been no adjustments above her. Ash Barty remains to be No. 1, adopted by Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep, Sofia Kenin and Elina Svitolina.
American teenager Coco Gauff, who turns 17 on March 13, rose from No. 52 to a career-best No. 38 by making it to the semifinals in Adelaide after going via qualifying.
With Shelby Rogers going from No. 53 to No. 49 by reaching the quarterfinals in Adelaide, she and Gauff give the United States 11 ladies within the Top 50 for the primary time since 2003.
