Rafael Nadal has dropped out of the world’s prime 10 males’s tennis rankings for the primary time in nearly 18 years.
Nadal has been within the prime 10 ever since April 2005, however on Monday fell to thirteenth within the ATP rankings after harm pressured him to overlook Indian Wells.
The 36-year-old’s run got here to an finish on the identical day that teenage compatriot Carlos Alcaraz reclaimed his No.1 spot from Novak Djokovic after beating Daniil Medvedev in Sunday’s Indian Wells ultimate.
Nadal is but to get better from the hip harm that has hampered him since his Australian Open exit to Mackenzie McDonald in January.
Though Nadal, whose 22 grand slam wins is barely matched by Djokovic, may return to the highest 10 as soon as he’s again in motion, it is not going to be within the subsequent month as he has additionally withdrawn from the Miami Masters.
The newest ATP rankings noticed Djokovic drop to second place, whereas Medvedev moved from sixth to fifth, Felix Auger-Aliassime leapt from tenth to sixth, Hubert Hurkacz nudged into the highest 10 as he moved up two locations to ninth, whereas Taylor Fritz dropped from fifth to tenth.
Alex de Minaur remained in 18th regardless of his first spherical exit at Indian Wells, three locations under the career-high fifteenth achieved in 2021. Nick Krygios is down two locations at twenty fourth with Jason Kubler (up 5 to seventieth) the next-best ranked Australian.
In all there are eight Aussies within the prime 100 with Jordan Thompson (83), Chris O’Connell (86), Alexei Popyrin (93), Thanasi Kokkinakis (94) and Max Purcell (99) making up the octet.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
