On July 18, 2005, Australian Lleyton Hewitt was second in the world behind Roger Federer. Since then, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray have never left room for a dolphin. Today, Daniil Medvedev, new 2nd in the world, is the first outside the Big 4 to invite himself to the table of the very big. Even if the ranking is upset by the Covid crisis, the Russian has conquered his second place with his two Grand Slam finals (US Open 2019, Australian Open 2021), his victory at the Masters in 2020 and his three Masters 1000 (Shanghai 2019, Cincinnati 2019 and Paris 2020). With great strides, he shakes up the hierarchy, aligns titles like the one won in Marseille on Sunday – “It’s always better to become n ° 2 by playing well” – and shakes up the hierarchy.
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