Athletistic / Tennis. The press service of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has published a new version of the ranking of the strongest singles players. There was a significant change in the top 5 for Russia.
Russian Andrey Rublev lost his place in the top 5 of the ATP rankings and fell to sixth position. Instead, the Olympic champion from the 2020 Games in Tokyo (Japan), Alexander Zverev, rose to fifth place.
The legendary Serbian Novak Djokovic remains the first racket in the world. The second is the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who won the Indian Wells Masters for the second year in a row. The third racket in the world is the Italian Jannik Sinner.
Daniil Medvedev remains the best Russian. Last night he lost to Alcaraz in the final of the ATP-1000 tournament in Indian Wells.
Note that another Russian, Karen Khachanov, lost her place in the top 15 of the ranking, moving up to 16th place. He is ahead of the American Tommy Paul, who moves up to 14th position. Last week, Paul reached the semi-finals of the Masters, where he lost to Daniil Medvedev.
Tennis. ATP ranking. Version of March 18, 2024
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 9725;
- Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) – 8805;
- Jannik Sinner (Italy) – 8310;
- Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – 7765;
- Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 5060;
- Andrey Rublev (Russia) – 4970.
Source: Sport

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