The striking change in the ATP ranking: Novak Djokovic regained the world number one without playing and Rafael Nadal returned to the Top 3

Indian Wells, the so-called fifth 'big' handed down sentence and moved shelves in the ATP world ranking with Serbian Novak Djokovic regaining number 1 and Rafael Nadal returning to the podium to occupy the third step. His 18-year-old compatriot Carlos Alcaraz climbed to fifteenth place, his best ranking to date.

For his part, Russian Daniil Medvedev, without a flag in the standings due to the war conflict with Ukraine, was stripped of the ranking lead by being eliminated in the third round of the Masters 1000 and was 20 points behind Nole.

The German Alexander Zverev, meanwhile, lost his place on the podium and came fourth to 690 points behind Nadal. The TOP 5 was completed by Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas kept his place with 6055.

As for one of the biggest climbs on the world list, we must mention how could it be otherwise, that of the American Taylor Fritz who, with his triumph in the tournament Californian against Nadal reached number 8, climbing 12 steps, his best ever ranking.

Announced as “El futuro Nadal”, Alcaraz, who was a semifinalist in the US competition, continues his unstoppable rise in world tennis, four places this time, and is already the second best Spaniard.

The semi-finalist defeated by the winner Taylor Fritz, Andrey Rublev, who is competing as Daniil Medvedev under a neutral flag since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, won a position and returned to the sixth step, one below his best record ever.

THIS IS HOW THE TOP 20 OF THE ATP RANKING WAS

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 8465 pts (+1)

2. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 8445 (-1)

3. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 7715 (+1)

4. Alexander Zverev (GER) 7025 (-1)

6. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 5040 (+1)

7th Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 5035 (-1)

8. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3875 (+12)

9. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3825 (-1)

10. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3768 (-1)

11. Hubert Hurkacz (ENG) 3586

12. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 3540 (-2)

13. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 3530 (-1)

14. Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 2885 (-1)

15. Carlos Alcaraz (ENG) 2771 (+4)

16. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 2660 (-2)

17. Roberto Bautista (ESP) 2375 (-2)

18th Reilly Opelka (USA) 2336 (-1)

19. Pablo Carreno (ESP) 2220 (-3)

20. Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 1951 (-2)

Roger Federer, the longest-running tennis player in the ranking, rose one place despite his inactivity and stood at step number 26. It should be noted that the TOP 100 published by the ATP also includes South Americans Diego Schwartzmann (Argentina, 16th), Cristian Garín (Chile, 31st), Federico Delbonis (Argentina, 37th), Federico Coria (Argentina, 60th), Sebastián Báez (Argentina, 65th) and Alejandro Tábilo (Chile, 97th).

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