Novak Djokovic Surpassed His ideal In The World Rankings

Novak Djokovic surpassed his ideal match in the world rankings. Serbia veteran tennis player Novak Djokovic entered the 287th week after winning the Italian Open title at number one in the world rankings.

With this, he left behind his idealized America’s Pete Sampras. This is the 287th week of Djokovic becoming the number one ranked Italian Open champion for the fifth time.

Novak Djokovic surpassed the record of 286 weeks of Sampras at number one. He has now reached number two in the list of players who have been in number one position for most weeks.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer holds the record for the most number of 310 weeks at number one. Sampras became the number one player for the first time in his career on 12 April 1993.

He topped a total of 11 times in his career. For the longest time, he topped 102 weeks from 15 April 1996 to 29 March 1998. Djokovic said, “Pete has been my hero since childhood and so it is very special for me to get ahead of his record.”

Ivan Lendl in fourth place with 270 weeks

Grand Slam champion Djokovic reached the top spot for the fifth time in his career, which he started on February 3, 2020. In this order, Evan Lendl of America is fourth with 270 weeks and Jimmy Connors of America is at number five with 268 weeks.

Djokovic has reached 11260 points. Djokovic and Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who are second in the rankings, have lost 1410 points. There is no change in the top nine spots in the men’s top ranking, while Denis Shapovalov of Canada entered the top-10 with a four-place improvement to the number-10 spot.

Diego Schwartzman reaches 13th

Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman, who lost to Djokovic in the final of the Italian Open, moved up to 13th place with a two-place improvement. At the same time, there has been a change of two places in the women’s top-10 rankings.

Alina Svitolina moved from sixth place to fifth place. At the same time, Sophia Kenin slipped from fifth to sixth place. At the top is Ashley Barty.

Ankita in the second round, Ramkumar out

India’s Ankita Raina reached the second round of the French Open qualifier on Tuesday, defeating Jovana Jovic in the first round of the women’s singles, while Ramkumar Ramanathan’s dream of playing in a Grand Slam main draw was lost for the first time in the men’s singles.

Raina defeated Siyaya’s player 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in a tough match lasting two hours and 47 minutes. Ramanathan was defeated by French wild card T Lamasine 7-5, 6-2.