The Serbian tennis player remains at the top of the ranking and managed to reach the historic number of the German.
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic reached his week this Monday number 377 at the head of the ATP world ranking, a brand equal to the record of weeks as number one in the world founded by German Steffi Graf.
Nole has won 22 Grand Slam trophies, equal with Spaniard Rafael Nadal and more than any other male player in history, and He has long held the record for several weeks at the head of the ATP ranking.
Djokovic’s closest male rival in the historical ranking, which began to be implemented in 1973, is the Swiss. Roger Federercurrently retired and remained whole 310 weeks as world number oneon a podium closing the American pete sampras there are 286.
Djokovic is equal to this position of the German Steffi Graf, who came to lead the WTA ranking for 377 weeks, which began in 1975, indicated the DPA news agency.
Graf was the number one woman for 45 weeks ahead of the second ranked, the Czech Martina Navratilova (332), podium closing the American Serena Williams in the third position (319).
Djokovic, awaiting a decision by the United States
The number one in the world has not been vaccinated against Covid-19 and that is why he made a special request to the North American country to enter in the same way to participate in Indian Wells and Miami Masters 1000. A kind of deja vu from what happened to him last season, when he finally couldn’t go there because of the strict border measures due to the pandemic. The recent winner of the Australian Open, his 22nd Grand Slam, was seen in recent days training in Belgrade.
Source: Telam
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