Without an audience in the stands due to the Covid pandemic, a year ago, Novak Djokovic he made noise by himself earning disqualification for hitting a linesman. He threw the ball angrily against the back of the court, and hit the referee. His career ended traumatically in the second round, Pablo Carreño went to the fourth.
Twelve months later, ‘Nole’ cried for a moment on the court, covering himself with the towel to hide that intimate moment of frustration because the glory of completing a Grand Slam in the same season was escaping him, also losing the title record. Still tied at 20 with Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal.
Yes it was profitable in terms of ranking. He further established his world No. 1 despite losing to No. 2, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, the final of the US Open: 6-4, 6-4 and 6-4 in 2h.15 ‘. They are 338 weeks of total permanence in number one, raising the record to impossible levels. Far is Federer’s top with 310. Nobody moves him from the position since February 3, 2020. There are 63 consecutive weeks, taking into account that the classification was frozen from March 23 to August 23 due to the pandemic.
Djokovic has 12,133 points, winning 1,020 compared to 180 of his round of 16 in 2019, since in 2020 he scored 0 for the penalty. It counted the result of two editions ago within one of the exceptions by the Covid that are being eliminated according to the world calendar is normalized.
By virtue of this rule, the Russian Daniil Medvedev wins 800 points of the 2,000 of the current champion of the US Open, since he started from the 1,200 of the lost final of 2019, which commanded as a better result than the ‘semis’ of 2018. Yes Before he was 1,133 points behind Djokovic, now he is 1,153. Which does not guarantee the Balkan towards the end of the season No. 1, but brings him closer since the Muscovite will ‘defend’ crowns in Paris-Bercy or the ATP Finals.
Rafa Nadal He delivers, being out due to injury, the 2,000 champion points in 2019 (he did not participate in 2020), which costs him the fifth place, which Andrey Rublev seizes. The Spaniard is sixth with 5,815, with Italian Matteo Berrettini pressing behind with 5,173.
The manacorí will no longer compete in this course, with which he will subtract 940 more points until its conclusion. It will close with 4,875, which right now would be equivalent to being ninth. The position in which it appears Roger Federer at 3,765, close to falling out of the top-10.
In it he made his career debut Casper Ruud (3,440), with Felix Auger-Aliassime eleventh (3,368) after reaching the US Open semis.
The one who climbs the most steps is the young man from Murcia Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image, at 18 a US Open quarter-finalist, a record for precociousness in the tournament. Win 17, going from 55 to 38 adding 290 points to present 1,499. Premiere in the top-40.
In the Race to Turín, the classification that contains points only from this 2021 and that will decide the eight tennis players who will compete in the ATP Finals, with a new headquarters in that Italian city, Djokovic leads with 8,370, ahead of Medvedev (6,380) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (5,470).
All three have already taken out tickets for this final Masters. Alexander Zverev (4,915), Andrey Rublev (4,030) and Matteo Berrettini (3,955) are close. Nadal is seventh with 2,985.
Ranking mundial ATP
After the US Open 2021
1
Novak DjokovicSerbia12.133
3
Stefanos TsitsipasGreece8.350
5
Andrey RublevRussia6.130
7
Matteo BerrettiniItaly5.173
9
Roger FedererSWITZERLAND3.765
11
F. Auger-AliassimeCANADA3.368
13
Hubert HurkaczPoland3.128
16
Pablo CarreñoSPAIN2.650
38
Carlos Alcaraz placeholder imageSpain1.499
2
Daniil MedvedevRussia10.780
4
Alexander ZverevGERMANY7.760
6
Rafa NadalSpain5.815
8
Dominic Thiemaustria4.995
10
Casper RuudNorway3.440
12
Denis ShapovalovCANADA3.310
14
Jannik SinnerItaly2.895
18
Roberto BautistaSPAIN2.405
44
Alex DavidovichSPAIN1.429
