The Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic rose this Monday to fifth place in the world ranking, one day after defeating the Norwegian Casper Ruud in the final of the ATP Finals, new third place in a list headed by the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz.
Alcaraz will finish 2022 at the top of the world hierarchy, while the Portuguese Nuno Borges reached the best ranking of his career, rising one place to 91, but it is João Sousa who continues to be the best national representative, in 1982.despite having dropped four places.
Djokovic beat Ruud on Sunday 7-5, 6-3, winning for the sixth time teachers (which brought together the eight best tennis players in the world), after the triumphs of 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and equaling the title record of Swiss Roger Federer.
The Serb climbed three places, leading the biggest rise among the top 10 tennis players, to fifth place, while the Norwegian relegated the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas to fourth position, closing the podium behind the Spaniards Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal, world record holder. Grand Slam titles, with 22.
Djokovic surpassed the Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, seventh and eighth, respectively, also behind the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, sixth, while the American Taylor Fritz remained ninth and the Polish Hubert Hurkacz re-entered the top 10 tennis players of the classification. world
Among the Portuguese, Frederico Silva’s progression of 47 places also stands out, who fell on Sunday in the final of the Kobe tournament, a Japanese competition on the Challenger circuit, and rose to position 244, still behind his compatriot Gastão Elias (212). . .º).
In the women’s sector, there were no changes in the top 10, which is still led by the Polish Iga Swiatek, followed by the Tunisian Ons Jabeur and the American Jéssica Pegula, second and third classified, respectively.
Source: Observadora
