Daniil Medvedev finally breaks big 4 dominance to become World No.1

Daniil Medvedev would be the first participant exterior the “Huge 4” to be World No.1 since 2004 following his sturdy begin to the season. It was solely going to be a matter of time given his sturdy performances over the previous few years however he has lastly damaged by way of to take over the spot Novak Djokovic had held since Feb 2020 and for 361 weeks thus far total.

The lack of 2000 factors for Djokovic in Melbourne was at all times going to hit onerous however he prevented shedding the highest spot in Australia after Rafael Nadal’s beautiful comeback within the last of the Australian Open.

The pair have been each competing in ATP 500 occasions final week with Medvedev in Acapulco and Djokovic in Dubai. If Djokovic failed to higher Medvedev’s consequence, he wouldn’t be capable to maintain on to his No. 1 rating. Dealing with one of many few gamers he had confronted however by no means overwhelmed, Djokovic was a straight units loser to Jiri Vesely to lastly finish his historic time on the high. Medvedev was a semi last loser in Acapulco however in the intervening time, it is not going to impression his standing.

“In fact I’m joyful to achieve No. 1. It was my objective since I used to be younger and particularly my objective within the newest occasions,” Medvedev mentioned. “I bought quite a lot of messages from many individuals and from different tennis gamers and I simply wish to thank all people for the massive help.”

Djokovic is unlikely to be away from the No.1 spot for lengthy with no factors to defend within the two upcoming Masters 1000 occasions. In the meantime, Medvedev will likely be defending a fourth spherical at Indian Wells and 1 / 4 last in Miami.