Semi-finalist in Acapulco, where he was beaten by Rafael Nadal as in the final of the Australian Open, the Russian took advantage of the defeat of Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the Dubai tournament.

The 34-year-old Serb, deprived of the first Grand Slam of the year because he is not vaccinated against Covid-19, spent 361 weeks at the top of the ATP rankings, a record.

Behind the two men, Alexander Zverev, who distinguished himself last week by being excluded from the Acalpulco tournament after hitting the referee's chair with his racket during a doubles match, retains his third place in the world, just ahead of Nadal, who gains a place.

The Spaniard, who won his third tournament of the year in Acalpulco after Melbourne and the Australian Open, is making the best start to the season of his career at 35 and is still undefeated in 2022. His last defeat dates back to the August 5, 2021, against South African Lloyd Harris in the third round of the Washington tournament.

He then withdrew for the rest of the year due to a left foot injury.

The only entry in the world Top 10, the return to tenth place of the Pole Hubert Hurkacz, semi-finalist in Dubai, a tournament won by the Russian Andrey Rublev, who gains a place in the standings (sixth).

On the French side, Gaël Monfils remains the best ranked, in 28th place, but he fell three places, a small fall imitated by most of his compatriots: Humbert, 44th, -3;

Pair 53rd, -4;

Mannarino 58th, -3;

Rinderknech, 59th, -6...

ATP ranking after the matches played on Monday:

1. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 8615 pts (+1)

2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 8465 (-1)

3. Alexander Zverev (GER) 7515

4. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6515 (+1)

5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 6445 (-1)

6. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 5000 (+1)

7. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 4928 (-1)

8. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3915

9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3883

10. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 3496 (+1)

11. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 3495 (-1)

12. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 3325

13. Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 3020 (+1)

14. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 2865 (-1)

15. Roberto Bautista (ESP) 2480

16. Pablo Carreno (ESP) 2220 (+1)

17. Reilly Opelka (USA) 2156 (+1)

18. Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 2121 (+1)

19. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 2061 (+1)

20. Taylor Fritz (USA) 2010 (-4)

...

28. Gael Monfils (FRA) 1633 (-3)

44. Ugo Humbert (FRA) 1178 (-3)

53. Benoît Paire (FRA) 1040 (-4)

58. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 994 (-3)

59. Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 986 (-6)

67. Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) 909 (-3)

70. Hugo Gaston (FRA) 887

82. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 782 (-9)

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