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A rare drop in the world rankings for Novak Djokovic

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is outside the top three in the men’s singles world rankings for the first time since January 2023.

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic is outside the top three in the men’s singles world rankings for the first time since January 2023, when he was ranked fifth.

Now Djokovic is fourth on the list published on the ATP tour website on Monday. The drop from second place was expected, as he was knocked out in the third round at the US Open.

The Italian who won the US Open Jannik Sinner continues in the top spot of the world list, followed by the German upstart Alexander Zverevof Spain Carlos Alcaraz and Djokovic.

Sinner defeated the United States in the final match By Taylor Fritzwho fell from 12th place to seventh. The American has been ranked fifth in the world last year.

From Finns Emil Ruusuvuori rose two places to 83rd and Otto Virtanen jumped 16 places to 109th.

Harri Heliövaara dropped four places to 15th in the doubles world rankings. Her and the British couple of Henry Patten road at the US Open ended in the third round.

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