Djokovic takes the throne from Nadal, Berrettini remains 8 / o

The Australian Open make their mark on the men's rankings, starting with the top rotation. With the eighth triumph in Melbourne, in fact, Novak Djokovic takes back the world throne by surpassing Rafa Nadal (325 the points that separate them), who had passed him on 4 November. The 32-year-old Serbian thus begins his fifth period on the summit, for the 276th overall week by number one, third in the special all-time ranking, preceded by Pete Sampras (286) and Roger Federer (leader with 310 weeks at the top). Just the Swiss champion is on the third step of the podium, closely threatened however by the Austrian Dominic Thiem (the difference is just 85 points), who with the final in the first Slam of the season overtakes the Russian Daniil Medvedev and equals his best ranking. Confirmation for the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in sixth place, as for the German Alexander Zverev and Matteo Berrettini, stable on the eighth chair after at the beginning of November he hit the historic entry into the top ten, fourth Italian in the Open Age to succeed in this undertaking . Behind the 23 year old Roman - third blue for record in the standings behind Panatta (number 4) and Barazzutti (number 7) and in front of Fognini (number 9) - there is now the French Gael Monfils, while he returns to the club d ' elite of the men's circuit the Belgian David Goffin. Fabio Fognini gains a position, now 11th with 155 points behind the tenth Goffin.
Lorenzo Sonego (52 °) also steps up, while thanks to the final in the Punta del Este challenger Marco Cecchinato (72 °) advances by five places. The Next Gen Jannik Sinner also progressed by four positions (78 °, best ranking equaled), while Stefano Travaglia (82 °) and ten Andreas Seppi (95 °) lost eight positions. Salvatore Caruso (98th) is the eighth Italian in the first hundred ATP, with seven other blues among the top 200 in the ranking. Among these, worth mentioning is the best ranking for Federico Gaio, who thanks to the title in the Bangkok II challenger last week goes to number 124.