Even if Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev wins the tournament, he will not be able to move up the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings at the Australian Open.
While the Russian player can only lead the ATP rankings if he wins the tournament, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Serbian Novak Djokovic had to leave AO-2024 at the quarter-final stage at the latest. Alcaraz still has to play in the quarter-finals, where he will face German Alexander Zverev.
Medvedev will face Polish Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. The meeting will take place on January 24, the estimated start time is 05:30 Moscow time.
Djokovic continues to lead the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings (11,055 points). Alcaraz ranks second with 8855 points. Medvedev is in the top three (7555 points).
In 2023, Medvedev managed to win the tournament in Rome by defeating Dane Holger Rune; A tournament in Miami (the opponent in the final is the Italian Jannik Sinner), a tournament in Dubai (the opponent in the final is his compatriot Andrei Rublev), a tournament in Doha (the opponent in the final is the Englishman Andy Murray) and a tournament in Rotterdam (the opponent in the final is the Italian Jannik Sinner).
Renne Stubbs, formerly world No. 1 I’m amazed Medvedev.