PARIS —
Rafael Nadal's record-breaking 21st Grand Slam
singles title in winning an epic Australian Open final frustrated
Novak Djokovic's hopes of being the first to do so, but the Serb remains world number
one in the rankings released Monday.
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The 34-year-old was unable to play in the first Grand Slam
of the year after being deported from Australia over COVID-19 vaccination
issues but he extended his record-breaking run as number one to 358 weeks.
Nadal's beaten opponent in the Melbourne final, Daniil
Medvedev, stays second but the Russian moves to within 1,000 points of
Djokovic.
Djokovic will keep the points he earned from winning his
ninth
Australian Open title last year till February 21 as last year's
tournament was played at the later dates of February 8–21.
Nadal remains fifth in the rankings despite his
record-breaking title and the only movement in the top 10 sees Italy's
Matteo Berrettini — who lost to the Spaniard in the semi-finals in Australia — rise
one place to sixth.
Spain's
Pablo Carreno and Taylor Fritz of the United States
enter the top 20 in 17th and 20th respectively.
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