Wednesday 5 February 2020

Winner of the Aussie Open Novak Djokovic returns to No. 1

  • Novak Djokovic came back to No. 1 in the ATP rankings 3rd February in the wake of winning his eighth Australian Open title, while Sofia Kenin's first Grand Slam trophy helped her to a vocation high No. 7 — and made her the leading American — on the WTA list. 
  • Djokovic's 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Dominic Thiem in the last at Melbourne Park on Sunday permitted the 32-year-old from Serbia to rise one spot and move back in front of Rafael Nadal. 
  • Nadal had surpassed Djokovic in November and, at age 33, turned into the most seasoned year-end No. 1. Be that as it may, Nadal lost positioning focuses by getting dispensed within the Australian Open quarterfinals by Thiem, one year after being the sprinter up to Djokovic. 
  • It is Djokovic's 276th week driving the ATP, the third-most throughout the entire existence of the automated rankings, which started during the 1970s. Roger Federer holds the record of 310, trailed by Pete Sampras with 286. 
  • On the off chance that Djokovic can remain at No. 1 until the first seven day stretch of October, he will outperform Federer. 
  • "That is one of the two greatest objectives, without a doubt," said Djokovic, who crushed Federer in the elimination rounds at Melbourne Park. "That is to say, and there is no mystery in that." 
  • The other? Making up for lost time to Federer and Nadal for most significant titles. Federer drives the path with 20, with Nadal at 19 and Djokovic now at 17. 
  • In the rankings, Nadal is No. 2, Federer stayed at No. 3, and Thiem went up one spot to No. 4, with U.S. Open second place Daniil Medvedev sliding to No. 5. 
  • The highest bounce in the best 100 was by Tennys Sandgren, an American who went from 100th to 44th gratitude to finding a workable pace. He pushed Federer to the verge in that round, holding seven-match focuses, however, couldn't change over one. 
  • The 21-year-old Kenin, who lives in Florida, turned into the most youthful lady to win the Australian Open since Maria Sharapova in 2008 by returning to beat double cross significant victor Garbiñe Muguruza 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in Saturday's conclusive. 
  • Kenin rose eight spots and is the youngest American to make her presentation in the leading 10 since Serena Williams in 1999. 
  • With Williams remaining at No. 9 after her third-round misfortune in Australia, Kenin moved past a player she thinks about a symbol. 
  • The United States has Latvia at Everett, Washington, in the group rivalry one weekend from now. 
  • Debris Barty clutched No. 1 in the WTA rankings after losing in elimination rounds against Kenin. Simona Halep, who had been expelled by Muguruza at that stage, went from No. 3 to No. 2, exchanging places with Karolina Pliskova.
  • Muguruza, who was unseeded at a Grand Slam competition without precedent for a long time, came back to the leading 20, going from No. 32 to No. 16. 
  • The 2019 heroin Melbourne, Naomi Osaka, went from No. 4 to No. 10 in the wake of losing in the third round to 15-year-old American Coco Gauff. Making it to Week 2 in her competition debut supported Gauff from No. 67 to No. 51.

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