(Paris) The Russian Daniil Medvedev has recovered the place of world No.3 at the expense of the Norwegian Casper Rudd in the ATP ranking published on Monday and still dominated by the Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Beaten in the quarterfinals in Banja Luka by his compatriot Dusan Lajovic, “Nole” withdrew from the Masters 1000 in Madrid, as did his great Spanish rival Rafael Nadal, currently 14th in the world.
American Frances Tiafoe, up one rank, replaces Russian Karen Khachanov in 11th place. Another American, Tommy Paul, at the age of 25, obtained the best ranking of his career, with a gain of one place, in 17th place.
Titled in Banja Luka on Sunday, Lajovic, now 40th, made the best progress in the top 100 with a jump of 30 places.
Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, former 8th in the world, has lost 24 ranks and falls to 72nd place.
