In the early morning of February 25, Beijing time, the ATP500 Dubai quarterfinals began to compete, and the top seed Djokovic Djokovic met with the qualifier Viselli. In the end, Djokovic was upset 0-2 and had no chance to continue in this tournament. After losing the match, Djokovic will officially lose the world number one throne next week.
This week is a crucial week for Djokovic and Medvedev in the world number one battle, as Djokovic missed the final four in Dubai, while Medvedev has already reached the quarterfinals in Dubai. Next week, Djokovic will officially relinquish the world number one position, and his world first week number will be temporarily stuck at 361 weeks. Due to the increasing number of competitions with vaccine requirements, Deyo's next trip is difficult to determine, and it is very difficult for him to return to the world number one at the age of 35.
Since Federer ascended to the top of the world on February 2, 2004, for more than 18 years, the world's number one throne has been monopolized by the Big Four. During this period, Djokovic was ranked first in the world for a total of 361 weeks, Federer was ranked first in the world for a total of 310 weeks, Nadal was ranked first in the world in 209 weeks, and Murray won the world number one for 41 weeks from the gap between the three.
Next Monday Medvedev will officially reach the top of the world number one, and he has inadvertently set a number of records. Medvedev will become the first post-90s player to reach the top of the world; the 27th player to reach the top of the world since the computer ranking system in 1973; become the fifth player to reach the top of the world; and become the third Russian player to reach the world number one after Kafernikov and Safin.
Medvedev is well worthy of the world number one throne, last year's US Open he blocked Djokovic's annual Grand Slam in the final, and at the Australian Open earlier this year, he successfully reached the final and nearly overthrew Nadal. He is the first post-95 Grand Slam champion and the player with the most major finals after 90. A series of records are inseparable from Medvedev's diligence and hard work, let us once again congratulate the new ko world number one.