Novak Djokovic reclaims World No.1 spot; Rafael Nadal drops to World No. 6

“You
never
know
how
much
more
time
you
have
left,
so,
of
course,
I
nurture
and
celebrate
these
moments
of
becoming
No.
1
again
and
Grand
Slam
champion,”
the
35-year-old

Djokovic
said
after
beating
Stefanos
Tsitsipas
6-3,
7-6
(4),
7-6
(5)
in
the
final
at
Melbourne
Park
on
Sunday
night,
“even
more
than
I
have,
maybe
ever
in
my
career.
I
don’t
take
it
for
granted.”

Aryna
Sabalenka
jumps
to
WTA
World
No.
2

Aryna
Sabalenka’s
first
major
title
moved
her
up
from
No.
5
to
a
career-best-equaling
No.
2
in
the
WTA
rankings,
behind
only
three-time
major
champion
Iga
Swiatek.
Ons
Jabeur,
twice
a
finalist
at
Slams
in
2022,
went
from
No.
2
to
No.
3,
followed
by
No.
4
Jessica
Pegula,
No.
5
Caroline
Garcia
and
No.
6
Coco
Gauff.

The
player
Sabalenka
beat
in
Saturday’s
Australian
Open
final,
Elena
Rybakina,
makes
her
top
10
debut
at
No.
10,
up
from
No.
25.
This
marks
Djokovic’s
374th
week
leading
the
ATP,
adding
to
his
record.
He
earned
a
10th
title
at
the
Australian
Open
and
tied
Rafael
Nadal
with
22
Grand
Slam
trophies.

Alcaraz
slid
to
No.
2.
He
had
become
the
youngest
man
to
be
No.
1
when
he
took
over
at
age
19
after
winning
the
U.S.
Open
last
September.
Alcaraz
missed
the
Australian
Open
because
of
a
leg
injury.
Nadal,
who
hurt
his
left
hip
flexor
during
a
second-round
loss
to
Mackenzie
McDonald
of
the
United
States,
dropped
from
No.
2
to
No.
6.

Tsitsipas
went
from
No.
4
to
No.
3
because
of
his
run
in
Melbourne;
he
would
have
been
No.
1
for
the
first
time
if
he
had
managed
to
win
the
title.
Casper
Ruud,
a
two-time
Grand
Slam
runner-up
who
lost
in
the
second
round
to
Jenson
Brooksby
of
the
United
States,
went
from
No.
3
to
No.
4.
Andrey
Rublev
is
No.
5
after
getting
to
the
quarterfinals.
ATP
Rankings
(Men’s
Singles)

1)
Novak
Djokovic

2)
Carlos
Alcaraz

3)
Stefanos
Tsitsipas

4)
Casper
Ruud

5)
Andrey
Rublev

6)
Rafael
Nadal

Cracking
the
top
20
for
the
first
time
is
Tommy
Paul,
a
25-year-old
American
who
reached
his
first
Grand
Slam
semifinal
before
exiting
against
Djokovic.
Paul’s
showing
in
Melbourne
lifted
him
16
spots
from
No.
25
to
No.
19.

Inputs
from
PTI