Time flies fast, and three months have passed since 2022. During this time, a lot of incredible things have happened in the men's professional tennis world. Today, let me take stock with you about these things.
In 2021, in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, Federer, one of the Big Three, was defeated by New York Miami Masters champion Hulkach in straight sets. Since then, Federer has quit tennis for more than eight months.
However, in the ATP's recently released ranking, Federer is still at 26th place. Most of the players are very unconvinced by this ranking. Some even bluntly said that Federer's performance did not deserve this ranking. However, for these opinions, ATP officials are ignoring them. I believe that for a long time, Federer's ranking will remain in the top 50.
Objectively speaking, Federer is indeed a generation of kings. He has won 20 Grand Slams, 28 Masters' Cups and 102 trophies in his career. His achievements deserve the respect of all. However, just because of these, can his ranking be protected? In this way, I am afraid that it will insult Federer's british name!
In 2021, Nadal, who lost to Harris at the Washington Open, announced that he had ended his 2021 season early due to a foot injury. At the end of the same year, at the Alzabi Exhibition Match, he lost consecutively to Murray and Shapovalov, marking a less than perfect end to his 2021 season. After two consecutive defeats, Nadal returned home infected with the new crown. In this case, many tennis fans feel that perhaps Nadal's career will come to an end.
However, in 2022, at the first men's singles final of the ATP250 Melbourne Summer Series, Nadal won his 89th career title. In the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, Nadal won the battle for revenge, eliminating Shapovalov, and in the semifinals, he defeated Berrettini to successfully enter the final.
In the unfavorable situation of being beaten by Medvedev in two consecutive sets in the final, he caught up and successfully reversed, lifting the Australian Open title for the second time, raising his number of Grand Slam titles to 21, creating a new record in men's tennis history.
Since then, Nadal has been out of control and has won the Mexican Open. At the Indian Wells Masters, he also reached the final, which was the 20 consecutive wins of the season that he had never achieved since entering professional tennis.
Although, in the indian wells masters final, Nadal lost to The American Fritz. However, in the current number of Grand Slams of the Big Three, it has completed the surpassing of Djokovic and Federer. This performance is commendable. The clay season is just around the corner, and Nadal, who has won 13 French Open titles, deserves everyone's expectations.
In the 2021 season, Djokovic won the Australian Open, his ninth Australian Open title. At the French Open, he defeated Nadal in the semi-finals to reach the final. In the final, he was first two sets by Tsitsipas, however, in the end, it was Djokovic who laughed to the end, and he took the lead in completing the grand slam of double circles. In the Wimbledon final, he successfully reversed himself with the first set by Berrettini and won his 20th Grand Slam title.
In the 2021 season, Djokovic won three consecutive Grand Slam titles, surpassing Federer's long-held record of 310 weeks of world number one. After the DEFEAT of the US Open to Medvedev, Djokovic successfully took revenge at the Paris Masters and won the 37th Masters title, surpassing Nadal and occupying the first place in history. With this title, he locked in the men's singles year-end world number one, which was his 7th year-end number one, surpassing Sampras and setting a new record in men's tennis.
It is in this context that many tennis fans are looking forward to Djokovic's 2022 season. However, in early 2022, Djokovic, who was officially exempted from the Australian Open and set out to participate in the Australian Open, was revoked his visa by the Australian government and deported. In this way, in the Australian Open, which has won 9 championships, Djokovic did not even qualify. This incident caused an uproar.
Reluctant to get vaccinated, Djokovic's tennis journey has been full of twists and turns. At present, it has only participated in one event in Dubai. Perhaps due to the long lack of battle, or perhaps for other reasons, Djokovic was eliminated by the Czech dark horse Vicelli in the quarter-finals, breaking out a big cold.
Today, Djokovic, despite Medvedev's early exit at the Indian Wells Masters, still maintains the world number one position. However, in the absence of a game for a long time, what kind of record he will have when he returns to the field cannot be predicted!!
In 2022, the men's tennis world, there are many incredible things. Space is limited, and only these three most representative examples have been selected for inclusion. It's not easy to write a manuscript, remember to like it.
(Source: Tennis House Author: One Heart Resident)