Daniil Medvedev Takes the World Number One Spot in ATP Rankings as Novak Djokovic Is Banned From the Rogers Cup

The ranking table is one of the most important aspects of professional tennis. Players receive rankings on the basis of their performance in different tournaments. However, this year the rankings might not be reflecting the exact standing of players, especially in the case of Novak Djokovic.

Because Wimbledon, the biggest event of the grass swing had no ranking points to offer. With that, here’s what the shuffled rankings of major players such as Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic look like.

The ATP rankings

When it comes to men’s singles, ATP assigns ranking points at the end of a particular event. Further, the points a tournament carries depend on its ATP status. A tournament can range from ATP 250 to a Grand Slam, with the latter offering the highest and the former offering the least.

Though as Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian players, they consequentially received a ban on their ranking points for this season. Therefore, the Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic didn’t receive the 2000 points like he would’ve done in normal circumstances.

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The 21-time Grand Slam champion has slipped to the world ranking of 7 with 4770 points. Whereas the Wimbledon absentee, Daniil Medvedev has reclaimed his the crown after losing it for sometime to Djokovic. The Russian has amassed 7775 points. In addition, the Wimbledn semifinalist Rafael Nadal, with the help of his 14th French Open title, has climbed up to the ranking of World no.3.

What lies ahead for Novak Djokovic?

Novak Djokovic, who missed almost the entire hard court season, will be forced to keep out of other upcoming tournaments as well. With him being rigid about his take on the COVID vaccine, his ranking will slip down further.

The unvaccinated status of the former World No.1 will cost him the Rogers cup and the US Open. Hence, he will not participate in an ATP 1000 event and a Grand Slam. Thus losing a chance to secure 1000 points from the Rogers cup and 2000 points from the US Open.

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Djokovic, who moved past Roger Federer in the race to secure most Grand Slam titles, won’t get the chance to equal his archrival Rafael Nadal’s numbers at this year’s US Open. The earliest opportunity for the Serb to catch the Spaniard will be at next year’s Australian Open.

Who do you think among the ‘Big Three’ will end up with more Grand Slam titles?