February 91 will remain etched in the memory of Daniil Medvedev, due to to that it was officially his first day as number one in the world and in his premature career as a professional tennis player. While Rafael Nadal continues to rise like wildfire, after rising two positions in just two months of the season; specifically, he now owns fourth place in the ATP Rankings.
Medvédev, after being runner-up in the Australian Open and being eliminated in the semi-final of the Acapulco Tournament, the Russian managed to accumulate 8 615 points to beat the Serbian Novak Djokovic; who lost his position thanks to his defeat in the Dubai tournament.
The tennis player from 26 years, he also became the third Russian in the entire history of tennis to reach the top of the men’s ranking. In addition to being considered one of the best today.
Rafael Nadal, meanwhile, remains undefeated in the current season and has been the main stone in Medvedev’s way, since he beat him in the first major tournament of the year and in the Acapulco tournament. The plethoric moment of the Spaniard, has served him to rise like foam and place himself in the fourth step.
The manacorí, comes from adding his fourth trophy on Aztec soil to accumulate 6 so far, 445 units, surpassing the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas; who after a long time was lowered to the sixth step with 6,445 points.
Now , he will have in his sights to recover the top positions in the male ranking and his current level places him as one of the favorites to reign in the rest of the positions. Without forgetting that, after handcuffing Medvedev twice in an easy way, he leaves him alone on the road for being the king of the season.
Medvedev, for his part, will work to maintain his first place against the threat of the Spaniard and former number one, Novak Djokovic. However, the Serbian for now is not clear about his presence in the most important tournaments because he has not been vaccinated.
In this way, tennis fans are focusing their eyes on Medvedev and Rafael Nadal, who currently do not have a rival with enormous capabilities to widely dominate each match or tournament of the year.
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