In the early morning of February 25, Beijing time, the ATP500 Dubai quarterfinals began to compete, the tournament's top seed Djokovic upset defeat to qualifier Viselli, will next Monday to go to the world's first throne. Post-90s player Medvedev will be the new world number one. Since Federer reached the top of the world on February 2, 2004, Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic have successively reached the top of the world for 18 years, belonging to the era of giants, which may have passed.
As the defending champion, Djokovic refused to implement the Australian Open epidemic prevention policy, failed to successfully defend the Australian Open, and lost 2,000 points. It also gave Medvedev the chance to become the world number one. At the ATP Dubai Open, djokovic upset defeat, Medvedev has reached the quarter-finals in Dubai. In this way, next Monday's ATP rankings, Djokovic will officially give up the world number one position, and his world first week number will remain at 361 weeks.
On February 2, 2004, Federer topped the world no. 1. For the next 18 years, the world's first throne was monopolized by Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic. The four tennis stars are also known as the Big Four by Chinese tennis fans. During this period, Djokovic was ranked first in the world for 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.
As a representative of the post-95 generation of players, Medvedev has performed well in the last two seasons. At 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 new generation of players who have reached the most Grand Slam finals. Now Medvedev will become the first post-90s men's singles world number one, and will also be the third Russian player to ascend to the world number one throne after Kafernikov and Safin.
Djokovic, Nadal, Murray and Federer, on the other hand, are already struggling to return to the world number one position later. Even Djokovic, who is the closest to the world, is not easy to return to the throne. Djokovic is now 34 years old and needs more experience to make up for his lack of physical fitness. As more and more competitions require vaccines, Djokovic's next race itinerary will be more restricted.
Djokovic, on the other hand, congratulated Medvedev at the first time. He said he was as eager to win more titles as before and promised to play the best tennis in the future. "I'm still motivated and I want to win every race, just like everyone else on the Tour, regardless of age. The more games I play, the more comfortable I am on the pitch. I don't think age is really a limiting factor in careers. I still feel good in terms of how my body is maintaining and recovering, and that obviously encourages me to move on. “
Text/Beiqing Sports Chu Peng