[조이뉴스24 류한준 기자] A returning figure. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) rose again to No. 1 in the Men’s Professional Tennis Tour (ATP) world rankings.
Djokovic rose to the highest position in the ATP world rankings announced on the 3rd (Korean time). It rose one step from 2nd place at the end of last month to 1st place.
He won the men’s singles title at the Australian Open tennis tournament, which ended in Melbourne, Australia on the 2nd. He regained the world number one position he lost to Rafael Nadal (Spain) in early November last year in just three months.
Nadal was eliminated in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and fell to second place behind Djokovic. Dominic Thiem (Austria), who met Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open and lost 2-3 to take second place, rose one place from 5th to 4th.
Roger Federer (Switzerland) was ranked 3rd and was not ranked well. Among the Korean players, Kwon Soon-woo (Dangjin City Hall, sponsored by CJ), who lost a close match in the first round of this tournament, was ranked 88th, one step down from 87th.
Nam Ji-seong (Sejong City Hall) and Song Min-gyu (KDB Korea Development Bank), who reached the second round of the Australian Open men’s doubles, rose to 102nd for Nam and 114th for Song Mingyu in the doubles world rankings. Meanwhile, in the Women’s Professional Tennis (WTA) world rankings, Sofia Kenin (USA), who won the Australian Open, rose from 15th to 7th.
Ashley Barty (Australia), who was defeated by Kenin in the semifinals of this tournament, still held the world number one spot. Simona Halep (Romania), Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic), and Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) ranked 2nd to 5th, respectively.
Corey Goff (USA), a 16-year-old rookie who defeated last year’s winner Naomi Osaka (Japan) in the third round of the Australian Open, rose in ranking from 67th to 51st. On the other hand, Osaka fell from 4th to 10th. Among Korean players, Han Na-rae (Incheon City Hall) ranked 179th.
