Daniil Medvedev To Be World Number One On Monday | The Sporting Base
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Daniil Medvedev to be world number one on Monday

February 26, 2022

Daniil Medvedev to be world number one on Monday

There will be a new world number one on the ATP World Tour when the ATP rankings come out on Monday. After Novak Djokovic of Serbia lost in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Dubai Tennis Championship to Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic on Thursday, it meant that Daniil Medvedev will pass Djokovic when it comes to total number of points the players have accumulated on the ATP Tour over the last year.

Currently Djokovic has 8875 points, and Medvedev has 8435 points. However Djokovic lost 2000 ATP Points in his controversial decision not to get vaccinated and compete at the 2022 Australian Open, and will be passed by Medvedev, who is currently in the semifinals of the 2022 Mexican Open in Acapulco. Ironically, Medvedev will be facing Rafael Nadal of Spain. Nadal beat Medvedev 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the 2022 Australian Open.


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Over the last year, Medvedev has won four titles. In 2021, since last February, he beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France in the final of Open 13 in Marseille, 6-4, 6-7, 6-4, Sam Querrey of the United States in the final of the Mallorca Open in Spain, 6-4, 6-2, Reilly Opelka of the United States in the final of the National Bank Open in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 6-4, 6-3, and Djokovic, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the U.S. Open.

This was Medvedev’s first grand slam victory of his career. The Russian also teamed up with Aslan Karatsev and Andrey Rublev to win the 2021 Davis Cup in Madrid, however the Davis Cup is part of the International Tennis Federation, and not part of the ATP Tour.


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