According to the live rankings, Daniil Medvedev can snatch again the world n.1 rank from Novak Djokovic if he has a deep run at the Miami Open. The Russian champion lost the top spot after he capitulated as early as in the 3rd round at the recent Indian Wells ATP1000 event.
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Daniil has 8240 points (live rankings), while Djokovic is stuck with 8420 points. Nole is not playing the Miami Open since he couldn’t enter US territory because he was unvaccinated. Therefore, Daniil needs to bridge a 180 points gap to become again the new world no.1. Therefore, Daniil has to reach the semifinals to have 8590 points and reach the top of the rankings.
Daniil Medvedev in 2022
Currently the world no.2, the Russian played his last match on the 14th of March when he capitulated to world no.24 Gael Monfils 4-6 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells (draw). He will face Andy Murray in his first match at the Miami Open.
Presently, during this year the Russian owns a compiled 13-4 record. Daniil Medvedev’s best result of the present year was getting to the final at the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic in 2022
WWLWWWWWWW Ranked no.1, Djokovic played his last match on the 24th of February when he was defeated by world no.77 Jiri Vesely 6-4 7-6(4) in the quarter in Dubai (draw).
This season Djokovic owns a 2-1 match record.
Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic played each other 10 times. Their head to head is 6-4 for Djokovic. The last time they played, Novak Djokovic won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the final in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) in November 2021.
Here are the video highlights.
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