MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. /TASS/. Russia’ top racquet Daniil Medvedev moved up two spots in the ATP’s latest (Association of Tennis Professionals) Top-10 Rankings of the world’s best tennis players, based on the weekly ATP Rankings released on Monday.
Medvedev rose from 8th to 6th place in the newly published ATP rankings after reaching last week the semifinals of the ATP tournament in French Marseilles. The Russian, who is playing internationally under a neutral status, has now 3,930 points.
The Top-10 of the ATP Ranking List is as follows: 1st Jannik Sinner (Italy, 11,330 points), 2nd Alexander Zverev (Germany, 8,135), 3rd Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 7,410), 4th Taylor Fritz (the United States, 4,300), 5th Casper Ruud (Norway, 4,480), 6th Daniil Medvedev (Russian athlete playing under a neutral status at ATP tournaments, 3,930), 7th Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 3,900), 8th Alex de Minaur (Australia, 3,735), 9th Tommy Paul (the United States, 3,280) and 10th Andrey Rublev (Russian athlete playing under a neutral status at ATP tournaments, 3,220).
In 2022, 29-year-old Medvedev spent sixteen weeks as the number one player in the world. He is the 2021 US Open Champion and has 20 ATP tournament titles under his belt. He won five of these 20 titles in 2023. Also, in 2021, he won the Davis Cup as well as the ATP Cup playing for the Russian national team.
Russian players’ neutral status at tennis tournaments
On February 28, 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued recommendations to international sports federations to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from taking part in international tournaments, citing Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine as the reason.
Following the IOC's recommendations in late February 2022, the majority of global sports federations decided to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from all international sports tournaments.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) ruled on March 1, 2022 to suspend the membership of the Russian and Belarusian national tennis federations while also canceling all previously scheduled tennis tournaments in the two countries.
On March 14, 2022, the ITF also confirmed its prohibition on the Russian and Belarusian national tennis teams from taking part in the 2022 Davis Cup and 2022 Billie Jean King Cup.
However, the Women Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) allowed tennis players from Russia and Belarus to continue participating in WTA and ATP tournaments, but only under a neutral status.