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HIGHLIGHTS: Karen Khachanov beats Novak Djokovic to win the Paris Masters
While Novak Djokovic won Rafael Nadal's first place, this is the most important change in this week's ATP ranking, but many other movements of interest, young stars reaching new heights at precipitous falls after the fall of the Paris Masters points and the ATP Finals last year.
But first, Djokovic. After falling as low as No. 22 earlier this year – he was still No. 21 at Wimbledon, in fact – the Serb won 31 of his 33 games starting with his title race at the All England Club, including his 14th Grand Slam title at the US Open and two other Masters 1000 crowns. Back at the top, he is the first man to rank outside the Top 20 and to climb to the top of the same season since Marat Safin in 2000.
LACOSTE projected images of Novak Djokovic and René Lacoste on the François Mitterrand Library in Paris.
"I always thought I could get back to that level," said Djokovic, whose last day the world's highest-ranked player had arrived almost exactly two years ago, on November 6, 2016
"Five months ago, that did not really seem likely, but the grbad season was a catalyst." [19659004] While Nadal will retire from the gold medal final ATP next week, Djokovic will be sure to finish the year in the forefront. He will finish his fifth career end, having been reached in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015.
Three of the most promising young stars of the ATP tour set new career highs this year week, led by new Rolex champion Paris Masters, Karen Khachanov, number 11. The Russian only appeared in the Top 20 for the first time two weeks ago after winning the 250-level event in Moscow.
"I could not be happier to finish the season this way," said Khachanov after defeating Djokovic in the final. "Winning my last tournament of the season, especially on a Masters 1000, and against Novak, who will be the world's number one, it means the world to me."
Two other young stars, Borna Coric and Daniil Medvedev has also continued its rise to the top 10. Coric, who has just played his first Masters 1000 final in Shanghai, has reached a new career high, the 12th, while Medvedev, who recently won his first title on 500 to Tokyo, set a new high, on the 16th. [19659004] 
Last year's ATP Finals were reduced this week, as were the cumulative points of the year. Last year in Paris, the former Top 10 players suffered significant declines. Grigor Dimitrov, winner of the ATP finals last year, fell from No.10 to No.19. David Goffin, finalist of the ATP Finals in the World Cup. last year, had to end his season in September because of an elbow injury, fell from No. 12 to No. 22. But these slips have nothing compared to those of Jack Sock, who defended the points of the champion in Paris and the points of the semi-finals in London. He went from No. 23 to No. 105.
There was good news for another former Top 10 player, Kei Nishikori, who has won 19 of his last 25 games. He went from No. 11 to No. 9, his first participation in the Top 10 since last September. The former number 4, who had missed the last three months of 2017 due to a wrist injury, was as low as the number 39 in April.
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