Djokovic is in danger of losing No. 1, Nadal is “excessive” to move forward (Tennis ranking 2/5)

(Sports news, tennis news) At the Madrid Open 2022, Novak Djokovic was under great pressure from Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal.

Madrid Open 2022 is the first event of the year where the audience can wait for the heroic show between the two superstars Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. In the past, they have clashed 3 times at the Masters in Spain and the victory is in favor of “Gaur” with 2 wins, 1 loss.

Djokovic (white shirt) has more pressure than Nadal (blue shirt) before Madrid Open 2022

According to the draw at Madrid Open 2022, Nole and Rafa can face each other in the semi-finals. In the last meeting in the semi-finals of the 2017 Marid Open, Rafa beat Nole 6-2, 6-4 to win tickets to the final, then stepped up to the championship.

This scenario is completely repeatable when Djokovic has just returned to play and has not yet found his best form. However, “Gaur” has also just returned from injury, so the outcome of the match will not be easy to predict.

Speaking of pressure, Djokovic is carrying the burden from Daniil Medvedev and Nadal himself. While “Gaur” Nadal only had to defend 180 points (last year’s semi-final), Medvedev only had to keep 90 points (third round 2021), Nole had to preserve up to 500 points (2019 champion).

With 320 points more than the number 2 player in the world, Djokovic will lose the lead if he does not reach the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open. If Rafa goes to the final and wins the championship, “Gaur” has the opportunity to approach Djokovic and Medvedev to step up to the world No. 3, because in this event Alexander Zverev must preserve up to 1,000 points (last year’s hand). German racket won the championship).

The above statistics show that Rafa will have more advantages than Djokovic at the Masters 1,000 tournament, an important event ahead of Roland Garros, the 2022 clay-court Grand Slam.

In the top 20 men’s singles last week, there was only one change, Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) rose 2 places back to No. 20. Sebastian Korda (USA) made the most impressive promotion in the top 30, ascending to the world position for the first time, Frances Tiafoe (USA) increased 4 places to No. 25. Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia) dropped 7 places, the worst in the top 30.

In the women’s singles there was a series of changes in the top 10. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) rose to No. 2 in the world, taking the place of Paula Badosa Gibert (Spain). Because Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) dropped 3 places, 3 tennis players Maria Sakkari (Greece), Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) and Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) benefited, each increased by 1 rank.

Men’s tennis rankings (ATP)

Tennis Top 30 Women’s Singles Ranking – WTA