Trade union journal – professional ranking: Djokovic takes Nadal's lead again

November 4 (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic is out of the Spanish tennis league Rafael Nadal on Sunday, despite Sunday's defeat of the Paris Masters final against Karen Khatanov of Russia, who won the most important title of his career in the French capital.

This is the first time that the Serbian star has taken the lead in the world since November 2016, when Nadal fell to second place and Roger Federer, who lost to Djokovic in the semi-finals of Paris, remained third.

Djokovic has scored 22 victories since the month of August, including the US Open, US Cincinnati and the Shanghai Chinese Masters at 1,000 points, before ending up in the Paris final on Sunday.
The Serb, aged 31, has been assured since last week of a return to the top, given the withdrawal of Nadal from the Paris tournament due to injury, before playing his first game.

Djokovic took the lead for the last time in the Professional League on October 31, 2016 and has made impressive progress in recent months after finishing 22nd in June.

The top scorer was Kachanov, 22, who finished 11th, 320 points on the 10th American John Esner. The Russian was in 18th place at the start of last week, starting this year with only 45th, before impressing with three trophies: Marseille, France and Moscow and the Paris Masters.

– Ranking of the top ten:
1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 8045 points
2. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 7480
Roger Federer
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 5300
5. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 5085
South African Kevin Anderson
7. Croatian Marin Celic 4050
Dominique Teym from Austria
9. Kiy Nishikuri, Japan, 3390
10. American John Esner