Novak Djokovic In a few dates, he has gone from stating that one of the objectives is always to finish world number one to downplaying its importance.
“Now I don’t chase ranking like before, when I wanted to break Federer’s record. It’s not that important in terms of priority. I have not been able to defend 4,000 points between Australia and here, that affects me, but my priorities are other“, argues.
Perhaps it is because the Serbian knows that it will be difficult, if not impossible, to recover the title this season due to to the loss of the 2,000 Wimbledon 2021 champion points.
Novak will not be able to defend that score after the ATP removed the points for the organization’s boycott of the presence of Russian and Belarusian tennis players.
Thus, in the update of the lists on July 11, Djokovic drop to seventh place. The last time he had been this low on the charts was on August 13, 2018 when he was the 10th racket.
The Belgrade tennis player has a dark outlook because right now he could not play the US Open either because he was not vaccinated against the coronavirus and had no intention of doing so. He would subtract 1,200 more points from his locker as the last finalist that would leave him out of the ‘top10’.
Despite being absent from Wimbledon, Daniil Medvedev will continue to lead the men’s circuit this summer smugly, followed by the injured Alexander Zverev and Rafael Nadal.
This is the ATP ranking after Wimbledon
1. Daniil Medvedev
2. Alexander Zverev
3. Rafael Nadal
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas
5. Casper Ruud
6. Carlos Alcaraz
7. Novak Djokovic
8. Andrey Rublev
9. Felix Auger-Aliasimus
10. Jannik Sinner
