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After winning the title at the ATP tournament in Marseille, the Russian Daniil Medvedev improved to second place in the tennis world rankings.

For the first time in almost 16 years, a player who is not Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or Andy Murray is in the top two.

This was the last time in July 2005.

At that time, the Australian Lleyton Hewitt was second behind Federer.

The 25-year-old Medvedev ousted the Spaniard Nadal from second place.

The undisputed number one remains the Serb Djokovic.

The best German is still Alexander Zverev in seventh.

Novak Djokovic is still at the top, here he celebrates in February in the final of the Australian Open.

He won against Medvedev

Source: dpa / Andy Brownbill

The current world rankings should be more than a snapshot.

More than an interlude, after which the big four quickly and then again for a long time shape the tableau in front.

The many years of top-class sport take their toll.

After the comeback: Federer pauses again

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Federer, who recently made his comeback in Doha after more than a year, is absent from the tournament in Dubai this week.

In Doha he had lost his second match and was eliminated in the quarterfinals against the Georgian Nikolos Bassilashvili.

“It was great for me to be back on the ATP tour.

I enjoyed every minute, ”the 39-year-old Swiss wrote on Twitter.

However, he decided that it would be best to return to training.

After the semi-finals at the Australian Open 2020, he had two knee operations during the corona pandemic and ended his season early.

Less than a month after his quarter-finals at the Australian Open, Nadal also refrains from participating in a tournament and thus from Dubai.

“We really thought about coming and playing.

But I don't think I'm ready yet, ”wrote the 34-year-old on Twitter.

Nadal had already canceled the ATP tournament in Rotterdam at the beginning of March due to his back problems.

Top ten of the ATP world rankings:

  • (1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 12008 pts.

  • (3) Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 9940

  • (2) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 9670

  • (4) Dominic Thiem (Austria) 8625

  • (5) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 6765

  • (6) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6375

  • (7) Alexander Zverev (Hamburg) 5635

  • (8) Andrei Rublev (Russia) 5011

  • (9) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Argentina) 3640

  • (10) Matteo Berrettini (Italy) 3453