ATP ranking: Medvedev cuts distance from Djokovic and Nadal leaves the top 5 after four years

09/13/2021 9:44 AM

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Updated 09/13/2021 9:44 AM

Absent on notice at the US Open that just ended, Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Austrian Dominic Thiem fell sharply in the new ATP ranking, which features Daniil Medvedev

above the 10,000-point barrier and a little closer.

Novak Djokovic, leader of the classification, and the

boy wonder

of tennis, Carlos Alcaraz, as the protagonist of the great ascent of the week by appearing 17 steps higher after being a quarter-finalist in the cement of New York.

Nadal, injured in one foot and off the court until the end of 2021

, left the privileged place among the top 5 by appearing in sixth place - he was not so low since April 2017 - while Thiem, winner last year at Flushing Meadows, but down in 2021 due to a wrist injury, he is now eighth.

With 18 years and after being the great sensation of the US Open,

Alcaraz now appears in position 38 and with the feeling that he could have gone further,

the injury that forced him to leave in the quarterfinals against the Canadian would not have appeared.

Felix Auger-Aliassime

, who advanced to the semifinals, climbed four places (11th) and stayed in the Top 10.

Nadal is out of competition until the end of the season.

Photo: AFP

The head of the world ranking remains unchanged, as Russian Daniil Medvedev's victory at the US Open leaves him in second place, a little closer, but still far, from his rival in the final, world number one Novak. Djokovic.

Of course, the Russian has more than 10 thousand points and is consolidated as the great threat to Nole, who will now have to digest the frustration caused by the hard defeat in the final by a triple 6-4 that left him without the chance to make history in world tennis.

If he won, not only would he have emerged as the top winner of the majors - something that he will be able to achieve in Australia, in a few months - but he could have reached the Grand Slam calendar and emulated what was done by the Australian Rod Laver way back in 1969. It seems difficult to be so close again ...

Among the promotions stands out that of the Dutch

Botic van de Zandschulp

, who came out

of qualification

and the executioner of Diego Schwartzman and Facundo Bagnis, who rose 55 places to now be 62nd in the world.

Schwartzman, who advanced to the round of 16 in New York cement, is still the highest ranked Argentine in the ATP rankings by appearing in the 15th step - he lost one position.

And Santa Fe, Bagnis, who reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time, climbed 13 places to 67th place.

Medvedev, the new king of New York.

Photo: AFP

Top 20

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 12,133 pts

2. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 10,780

3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 8,350

4. Alexander Zverev (GER) 7,760

5. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 6,130 (+2)

6. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 5,815 (-1)

7. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 5,173 (+1)

8. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 4.995 (-2)

9. Roger Federer (SUI) 3,765

10. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3,440 (+1)

11. Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3,368 (+4)

12. Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 3.310 (-2)

13. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 3,128

14. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 2,895 (+2)

15. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 2,800 (-1)

16. Pablo Carreño (ESP) 2,650 (-4)

17. Christian Garin (CHI) 2,510 (+2)

18. Roberto Bautista (ESP) 2,405 (+3)

19. Reilly Opelka (USA) 2.341 (+5)

20. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 2,233

Argentines in the top 100

46. ​​Federico Delbonis (ARG) 1,420 (+1)

61. Federico Coria (ARG) 1,024 (+1)

67. Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 985 (+13)

82. Guido Pella (ARG) 914 (+3)

Source: AFP

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