Daniil Medvedev after topping ATP world rankings: Happy to be no. 1
Updated On: 01 March, 2022 08:23 AM IST | London | IANS
Russian Daniil Medvedev ecstatic after replacing Novak Djokovic as world’s premier tennis player; says he always dreamt of leading the ATP rankings
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Daniil Medvedev acknowledges the crowd after his win over Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka at Mexico recently. Pic/Getty Images
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev has displaced Serbian Novak Djokovic as the world’s top-ranked tennis player in the latest ATP rankings released on Monday. Medvedev, 26, thus becomes the 27th player to reach No.1 in the ATP rankings. Medvedev, who won the US Open last year defeating Djokovic, is now on 8,615 points and passes the Serbian (8,465 points), who has held the top spot in men’s tennis for a record 361 total weeks.
‘Obviously delighted’
“Of course, I am happy to reach No. 1. It was my goal since I was young and especially my goal in the latest times,” Medvedev was quoted as saying by atptour.com. “I got a lot of messages from many people and from other tennis players and I just want to thank everybody for the big support.” Medvedev is the first player outside the Big Four—Djokovic, Swiss master Roger Federer, Spanish stalwart Rafael Nadal and Great Britain’s Andy Murray—to hold the top spot in 18 years, three weeks and six days, since American Andy Roddick on February 1, 2004. The last time there was a new World No.1 was more than five years ago, when Murray made it there on November 7, 2016.
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