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Tennis: Djokovic regains his throne without playing, Nadal on the podium

2022-03-21T21:15:14.787Z


Eliminated in the 3rd round of the Indian Wells Masters 1000 by Gaël Monfils, Daniil Medvedev loses a place in the ATP rankings and leaves his crown to


Without playing in Indian Wells, Serbian Novak Djokovic has recovered his throne of world No. 1 in the ATP rankings, published on Monday, while American Taylor Fritz climbs to 13th place thanks to his victory in the final of the Californian tournament against to Rafael Nadal.

Djokovic dethrones Daniil Medevedev, who goes down a step after his elimination in the 3rd round of the American Masters 1000.

Rafael Nadal made his return to the Top 3, to the detriment of Alexander Zverev, who slipped to 4th place.

The Spaniard's defeat in the Indian Wells final, against Taylor Fritz, was his first in 2022, having won successively in Melbourne, the Australian Open and Acalpulco.

Fritz, the first American to triumph in the Californian desert since Andre Agassi in 2001, moved from 20th to 13th place, the best ranking of his career.

Semi-finalist against Nadal in California, the young Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, 18, often heralded as the “future Nadal”, climbs three places, to 16th place.

Also semi-finalist in California, eliminated by the future winner Taylor Fritz, Andrey Rublev, who evolves like Daniil Medvedev under a neutral banner since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, is 7th.

On the French side, they are eight in the Top 100. Gaël Monfils, who beat Medvedev in Indian Wells, then eliminated by Carlos Alcaraz in the round of 16, gained four places and reached 24th in the world.

Ugo Humbert slips to 45th in the world (-4), and Benoît Paire returns to the Top 50 (49th, +4).

Then follow Arthur Rinderknech (58th, -1), Benjamin Bonzi (59th, +3, his best ranking), Adrian Mannarino (61st, +5), Hugo Gaston (68th) and Richard Gasquet (81st).

Source: leparis

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