The Serbian ousted Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and returned as the best tennis player in the world after six months.
Novak Djokovic recovered this Monday the number 1 in the world ranking of tennis, after committing himself yesterday for the tenth time to australia tomorrow and matched Spaniard Rafael Nadal on the record of 22 Grand Slam titles.
The Serbian, who started the Australian Open in fifth place, added 2,000 points to the ATP rankings and ousted Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who was absent from Melbourne due to injury and was present to play in the Argentina Open at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club , in February.
El Nole left first place on June 13 of last year and fell to eighth place in an irregular season due to his decision not to get vaccinated against Covid-19, which prevented him from participating in some tournaments.
The top ten of the ATP world ranking
- 1) Djokovic (Serbia, +4)
- 2) Alcaraz (Spain, -1)
- 3) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece, +1)
- 4) Casper Ruud (Norway, -1)
- 5) Andrey Rublev (Russia, +1)
- 6) Nadal (Spain, -4)
- 7) Auger-Aliassime (Canada)
- 8) Taylor Fritz (United States,+1)
- 9) Holger Rune (Norway, +1)
- 10) Hubert Hurkacz (Poland, +1)
The best tennis player of Argentina in the ATP world ranking
- Diego Schwartzman (28th, -2)
- Francisco Cerundolo (31st, -2)
- Sebastian Baez (47th, -3)
- Pedro Cachín (68th, -10)
- Federico Coria (69th, +7)
- Tomas Etcheverry (82nd, -3)
- Facundo Bagnis (88th, +3)
Source: Tycsports
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