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Jannik Sinner takes over No. 1 spot from Djokovic

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Italy’s Jannik Sinner reacts after winning the first set during his men’s singles semi final match against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz on Court Philippe-Chatrier on day thirteen of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on June 7, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Jannik Sinner’s anticipated rise to world No. 1 was officialized on Monday when the ATP released its new rankings, making him the first Italian ever to hold the top spot.

Sinner reached the semifinals of the French Open where he was beaten by eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz who climbed to second, nudging 37-year-old Djokovic, who has been No. 1 since last September, down to third.

READ: Jannik Sinner reaches French Open semifinal, to become world No. 1

Djokovic holds the record for the number of weeks spent at No.1 — his tally of 428 is 118 weeks more than next best Roger Federer.

The German Alexander Zverev, who was runner-up to Alcaraz in Paris, remains in fourth place, ahead of Russian pair Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.

ATP rankings

1. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 9525 pts (+1)

2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 8580 (+1)

3. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 8360 (-2)

4. Alexander Zverev (GER) 6885

5. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 6485

6. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4710

7. Casper Ruud (NOR) 4025

8. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 3995

9. Alex De Minaur (AUS) 3845 (+2)

10. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 3775

Iga Swiatek reinforces top spot in WTA rankings

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Poland’s Iga Swiatek poses with the trophy the day after she won the women’s final match against Italy’s Jasmine Paolini, on day fifteen of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on June 9, 2024. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)

French Open champion Iga Swiatek of Poland cemented her place at the top of the women’s game with her victory at Roland Garros, reinforcing her position as world No.1 when the WTA released its new rankings on Monday.

The 23-year-old Swiatek beat Jasmine Paolini in a one-sided final on Saturday to claim a fourth French Open title which now puts her 3,707 points ahead of Coco Gauff, the woman she beat in the semi-finals in Paris.

Apart from a few weeks in autumn 2023 when Aryna Sabalenka took over, Swiatek has been at the top of the rankings since April 2022, a total of 107 weeks.

READ: Swiatek seals place among greats with ‘surreal’ fourth French Open

Gauff’s performance, which improved in her quarter-final in 2023, enabled her to leapfrog the Kazakh Aryna Sabalenka who slips to third.

Paolini’s run to her first Grand Slam final was good enough to lift her eight places to a career-high seventh while 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who fell to the Italian in the semis, jumped 15 places from 38 to 23.

Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, who reached the semi-finals last year, went down six places to No.20 after going out in the first round this time.

WTA rankings

1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 11695 pts

2. Coco Gauff (USA) 7988 (+1)

3. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 7788 (-1)

4. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 5973

5. Jessica Pegula (USA) 4625

6. Marketa Vondrousová (CZE) 4503

7. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 4068 (+8)

8. Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 4005

9. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3980 (-2)

10. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3748 (-1)