Medvedev in eighth place and Nadal second

August 12, 2019

LONDON (Reuters) – The Russian Daniel Medvedev has continued its momentum in the ATP rankings. He ranked eighth after qualifying for the Canadian Masters final on Sunday, bowing Sunday against defending champion Rafael Nadal.

Nadal needed to retain the title and a thousand points he won last season by winning the Canadian tournament, which brings Montreal and Toronto together, to keep second place behind Novak Djokovic of Serbia and not to give up this place to his rival Federer.

The 33-year-old Spaniard scored 35 points, a peak in the season, while denying Medvedev his first Masters title.

But reaching the final for the first time in these tournaments, which occupies the third place after the four Grand Slam tournaments and the Masters, which conclude the season with the participation of the eight best players of the year, the Russian, Aged 23, achieved his best ranking by climbing a spot to become eighth. Less than a month after entering the top ten clubs for the first time in his career.

Unlike Medvedev, who has not won his second title of the season in five finals since the beginning of the year, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas has dropped to fifth place (the highest score of his career) and became seventh with the Japanese Ki Nishikori and the German Alexander Zverev.

The Greek paid the price of his first-round exit from Canada and the loss of points from last season when he reached the final before losing against Nadal.

Here are the top ten rankings:

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 12325

2.Rafael Nadal (Spain) 7945

Roger Federer (7460)

4- Dominic Thiem of Austria 4925

5.Ki Nishikori 4040

6.Alexander Zverev 4005

7.Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greek) 3455

8.Russian Daniel Medvedev 3230

9- Karen Khashanov 2890

10- Fabio Fognini 2555