Last January, Novak Djokovic was expelled from Australia due to not vaccinating Covid-19. This is also the reason why he missed an appointment with the 21st Grand Slam championship in his career. Not only that, the world's No. 1 player also deducted 2000 points on the ATP rankings.
It was not until the end of February that Djokovic re -exported. The tournament he attended was Dubai Championship, a ATP 500 tournament held in the UAE. Here, the Serbian star was disappointed in the whole time when he lost to the 123th world player Jiri Vesely in the quarterfinals. This failure also officially made him lose the world's No. 1 position in Daniil Medvedev's hands, although the Russian tennis player did not play successfully at Mexican Open.
According to ATP's latest updates on February 28, Medvedev has climbed to the No. 1 position. Currently, he has 8,615 points, while Djokovic 8,465 points. The remaining 3 people in the top 5 are Zverev, Nadal and Tsitsipas respectively.
Notably, Medvedev is the 27th player in history that has ranked No. 1 in the world of men's tennis. In addition, he was also the first in addition to “Big 4” Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray did this since the case of Andy Roddick in 2004.
Up to now, Medvedev has won a total of 13 ATP titles. In particular, the most notable is the US Open 2021 championship, when he passed Djokovic in the final. In addition, the Russian player also took the throne at ATP Finals 2020 and has 4 crowns in Masters 1000.
Top 20 best players in the world (updated ATP rankings on February 28)
