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the russian Daniil Medvedev officially took the place of Novak Djokovic As the number one tennis player in the world in the ATP ranking, thus ending the reign of the ‘Big 4’made up of the Serbian, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray, who they dominated tennis since 2004.
Semifinalist in Acapulcowhere lost to Rafael Nadalas in the Australian Open Final, the Russian took advantage of the defeat of Novak Djokovic in Tournament quarterfinals Dubai.
A new face at the top ????@DaniilMedwed he is the first World No. 1 without being Djokovic, Federer, Nadal or Murray since February 2004.
— ATP Tour en Español (@ATPTour_ES) February 28, 2022
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the serbian 34 years old, who does not was able to participate in the first Grand Slam of the year because was not vaccinated against Covid-19, spent 361 weeks at the top of the ranking ATP, a record.
Behind Medvedev and Djokovic, is the German Alexander Zverev, who had a scandal in Acapulco after hitting the referee’s chair with his racket in a doubles match, he retains his third place, just in front of Nadalwhich rises one square.
The Spanishwhat won In Acapulco his third tournament of the year after Melbourne and the Australian Openmakes the best start to the season of his career at the age of 35 and is still undefeated in 2022.
His last loss dates back to August 5, 2021against South African Lloyd Harris in the Third Round of the Washington tournament. He was then out for the rest of the year due to an injury to his left foot..
The only entry in the Top 10 of the world has been the return to tenth place of the Pole Hubert Hurkaczsemi-finalist in Dubai, a tournament won by the Russian Andrey Rublev, who rose to sixth place.
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