Novak Djokovic was defeated in the quarter-finals of the Dubai tournament and had to give up the first place in the ATP world rankings, which he had been driving for 361 weeks, practically a record.
The match was won by the Czech Jiri Vesely, with a score of 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).
From Monday the absolute leader of the professionals will be the Russian Daniil Medvedev who tomorrow in Acapulco will challenge the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka.
Also in Dubai, the second defeat of the year 2022, for Jannik Sinner, was not painless: the young blue, in addition to coming out in the quarters of the ATP 500 on the Dubai hardcourt, greeted the Top 10 of the world rankings, in which he returns instead, Hubert Hurkacz himself joined.
The Pole, from n.11 in the world, defeated him with a double 6-3 and did it in 1h24 ', flying in the semifinal of the Emirate review, where he will face the Russian Andrey Rublev. Now Sinner, who in 2022 had lost only in Melbourne, is awaited by a new adventure, this time in the blue jersey: he will be among the protagonists of the team competing in the Davis Cup.
(Unioneonline / D)