{"id":1485165,"date":"2022-02-24T12:46:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1485165"},"modified":"2022-02-24T12:46:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:46:19","slug":"daniil-medvedev-claims-world-no-1-ranking-from-novak-djokovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/daniil-medvedev-claims-world-no-1-ranking-from-novak-djokovic\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev Claims World No. 1 Ranking from Novak Djokovic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Few things are certain in the world of professional sports, but one constant in the realm of men's tennis<\/a> has been the omnipresent nature of the Big Three at the top of the ATP World Rankings. One of Roger Federer<\/a>, Rafael Nadal<\/a>, and Novak Djokovic has held the No. 1 spot ever since Andy Murray ceded it on Aug. 20, 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That will no longer be true with Russian star Daniil Medvedev set to ascend to the top of the pile when the next batch of rankings is released Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Djokovic fell to Czech 28-year-old Jiri Vesely in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships, dropping a second-set tiebreaker to lose 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) during an uncharacteristically sloppy performance<\/a>, he lost his grip on the top ranking he'd held (ranking freeze during the coronavirus-caused pause notwithstanding) since Feb. 3, 2020. Along with it, the man in possession of the most total weeks at No. 1 by a men's singles player (361) lost out on his chance to overtake Steffi Graf's all-time record (377) \u2014 at least for the time being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE \u26a1\ufe0f \u26a1\ufe0f@jiri_vesely<\/a> stuns Djokovic for the 2nd time in his career, ending his reign at No. 1 with a 6-4 7-6 victory! pic.twitter.com\/YXVuWHCuxq<\/a><\/p>— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) February 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>