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Patna : Australian Open 2021 finalist Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia, has become the World No 2 tennis player with 9,940 points in the ATP Rankings released on March 15, 2021, pushing winner of 20 Grand Slam singles title Rafael Nadal, 34, Spain, to World No 3 position with 9,670 points. Medvedev is now 270 points ahead of of Nadal after winning the singles title at Open 13 Provence at Marseille, France, on March 14, 2021. Novak Djokovic, 33,
Serbia, remains World No 1 with 12,008 points while Dominic Thiem, 27, Austria, is World No 4 with 8,625 points. Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, is World No 5 with 6,765 points while Roger Federer, 39, Switzerland, is World No 6 with 6,375 points. Alexander Zverev, 23, Germany, is World No 7 with 5,635 points while Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, is World No 8 with 5,011 points.
Roberto Bautusta Agut, 32, Spain, has jumped 2 places to be ranked World No 11 with 2,910 points after reaching the final of Qatar ExxonMobil Open last week. Milos Raonic, 30, Canada, has dropped 4 places to be ranked World No 19 with 2,450 points. Taylor Fritz, 23, USA, has jumped 3 places and is ranked World No 30 with 1,775 points.
Nikoloz Basilashvili, 29, Georgia, has jumped 6 places to be ranked World No 36 with 1,645 points after winning the Qatar ExxonMobil open title last week. Aslan karatsev, 27, Russia, has jumped 3 places to be ranked World No 42 with 1,395 points. Pierre-Huegues Herbert, 29, France, has jumped 20 places to be ranked World No 73 with 972 points after reaching the final of Open 13 Provence final last week.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, 31, India, has dropped 5 places to be ranked World No 135 with 546 points. Sumit Nagal, 23, India, remains World No 139 with 532 points. But, FRamkumar Ramnathan, 26, India, has jumped 7 places to be ranked World No 194 with 360 points. Saketh Myneni, 33, India, has jumped 14 places to be ranked World No 449 with 87 points. Sidharth Rawat, 27, India, has also jumped 7 places to be ranked World No 468 with 80 points.