Medvedev achieved extraordinary feats on February 28, 2022, becoming the first person to break the world's no. 1 monopoly of the Big Four since February 1, 2004.
But once in the world, his top rankings have begun to come under threat: if Medvedev reaches the quarter-finals in Indian Wells, he will remain in first place; otherwise, even if Djokovic misses the race, he may still be able to return to the world number one position.
At present, Medvedev has 8615 points, Deutsch is about 8465 points, and May is 150 points ahead of his opponents.
But after deducting 250 points from the ATP Marseille and 90 points from Indian Racing in the same period last year, he will retire to second place in the world.
So for the next 10 days, he needs to reach at least the quarter-finals to retain his world number one spot. According to the points rules of the Masters, 360 points are awarded for entering the semi-finals, 600 points for entering the finals, and 1000 points for winning the championship.
It is worth mentioning that Medvedev has never reached the quarterfinals of Indian Wells before. But considering that his ranking during the 2017-2019 period did not enter the world's top ten, it is of little significance.
In 2020, due to the epidemic, the Indian Race was forced to cancel. This year, it will be the first time Medvedev has competed in the Indians as a top ten.
Since 2018, Medvedev has won 175 singles wins on the hard court, including 12 titles, far ahead of the rest of the players.
Asked at a pre-match press conference in Indian Wells what it was like to be world number one, he used the term "mixed feelings."
"I'm really happy to be able to achieve my goal of number one, and for that I've given a lot of good games and scored a lot of points." "But as it all happens, it brings mixed feelings," he said. Considering that Novak has only played one tournament this year, he is certainly the best player at the moment, but I'm still happy to be able to do that. There aren't many players who can be world number one in my career, and that was my dream when I was younger. ”
Add in two weeks from Indian Wells, and Medvedev's number of weeks in the world number one will reach three weeks, which has already put him in 25th place in the number of weeks in the ATP rankings, surpassing Patrick Raft (one week) and Carlos Moya (two weeks).
After the first round of the bye, Medvedev won 6-3, 6-2 against Czech Qualifier Thomas Machak in the second round against 158th-place Czech qualifier. Next, he may play against 26th seed Monfils in the third round and perhaps against 15th seed Agut or 19th seed Alcaraz in the fourth round.
If he does all this, he will continue to be in the world number one position; if not, Djokovic will return to the world number one. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)