Novak Djokovic, the best tennis player in the world, is only three weeks away from writing new pages in the history of tennis.
Namely, this Monday Djokovic dawned as number one on the ATP list and thus began the 397th week at the head of the list.
Although the tournaments in Vienna and Basel took place in the week after us, it did not affect his ranking.
Djokovic remained at 11,045 points, 2,420 more than second-placed Spaniard Carlos Alcraz (8,625), who also did not play in the mentioned tournaments due to injury.
After that, Novak is getting closer to the 400th week at the top of the ATP list, or three more to become the first to do so in both competitions.
Until the end of this season, Novak will play at the Masters in Paris, which starts today and will last until November 5, after which he will have to attend the Final Tournament in Turin and the Davis Cup in Malaga. Alcaraz will also play in the first two in an attempt to finish the year in first place.
The third in the world is Daniil Medvedev (7,200), then the champion from Austria Jannik Sinner (5,410), Andrey Rublev (4,935), Stefanos Tsitsipas (4,435), Holger Rune (4,280), Capser Ruud (3,705), Alexander Zverev (3,540) and Taylor Fritz (3,500).
