Novak Djokovic lost his rank at the top of the ATP rankings after the latest rankings were released. The Serb who managed to win only one tournament this year has dropped down to third.

According to the updated ranking list, the former world number 1 Daniil Medvedev of Russia is back on top. Alexander Zverev is at second while Rafael Nadal is at 4th.

No one from the big three in top two after 18 years

Since the arrival of the big three, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic, the competition for the pinnacle of the rankings has always been amongst the ‘Big Three’. Notably, for the past 18 years, either one of the three have always remained in the top two of the rankings.

While Djokovic and Nadal are still in the top five, Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer has dropped to 66th rank as he has been away from the action for close to a year.

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Daniil Medvedev Clinches Top Spot From Novak Djokovic as ATP Rankings Shift Heading Into Wimbledon Championship 2022

Also, it is the lowest rank for the Swiss legend since October 1999, when he was only 18 years old. While the big three are at the fag end of their respective careers, this is one of the many changes the tennis world is going to see in the coming years.

Novak Djokovic in the year 2022

The year 2022 has been full of challenges for the former world number 1. It started on a controversial note as the Serb left Australia because of his stand against the Covid-19 vaccine. After losing the chance to defend his Australian Open title, the 35-year-old missed a major chunk of the season as he could not enter the United States for similar reasons.

While the world number 3 made a late entry to the clay-court season, he crashed out of the Monte Carlo Open after losing his very first match against unseeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Later, he lost the final of the Serbian Open against Andrey Rublev. However, he did well in the Madrid Open and the French Open, where he lost in the semifinal and quarterfinal, respectively.

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Djokovic will aim to do well in the upcoming Wimbledon as his participation in the US Open is still a doubt, because of Covid-19 regulations in the US.