Tennis
Tsitsipas approached Zverev, Djokovic remains in 1st place
Daniel Medvedev managed to close the gap even further than Novak Djokovic who remains in 1st place. Tsitsipas approached Zverev.
Daniel Medvedev failed to win the 2nd Grand Slam series and 1st Australian Open of his career knowing the loss to Rafa Nadal in last Sunday’s epic final (30/1) which resulted in his not appearing 1st place in the world rankings.
However, what the Russian managed to do was further close the gap on Novak Djokovic to 890 points, with the renewed ATP list finding him 2nd with 10,125 points while Djokovic has 11,015 points.
The Serb may have stayed at the top of the list for 358 weeks, but that could change as Djokovic is set to lose the 2,000 points he won at last year’s Australian Open on 2/22. won, which were recalled in February due to a pandemic.
At No. 3 is Alexander Zverev, now under threat from Stefanos Tsitsipas who has narrowed the gap to the German player to 610 points, while Melbourne triumphant Rafa Nadal sits at world No. 5, just 295 points away from the 23-year-old Greek tennis player.
The only change in the top-10 after the 1st Grand Slam of this season came from Matteo Beretini, who moved up one place with his participation in the Australian Open semi-finals and is now 6th, while Andrei Rublev has fallen to 7th . Completing this week’s top 10 are Casper Rudd, Felix Ozer Aliasim and Yannick Sinner.
In the 1st 20 we had significant rises from Gael Monfis and Pablo Karenio Busta, with both players winning by 4 places, while from the 20th came Roger Federer for the first time in 21 years, now at 30th place.
The ATP world rankings (until 01/31/22)
| rank | Name & Nationality | Points | position Touched | Trip. played |
| 1 | Djokovic, Novak (SRB) | 11.015 | 0 | fifteen |
| 2 | Medvedev, Daniel (RUS) | 10.125 | 0 | 25 |
| 3 | Zverev, Alexander (GER) | 7,780 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Tsitsipas, Stefanos (GRE) | 7,170 | 0 | 28 |
| 5 | Nadal, Raphael (ESP) | 6,875 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Berrettini, Matteo (ITA) | 5.278 | +1 | 22 |
| 7 | Rublev, Andrei (RUS) | 4,830 | -1 | 28 |
| 8th | Ruud, Casper (NOR) | 4,065 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) | 3,923 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Sinner, Jiannik (ITA) | 3,705 | 0 | 42 |
| … | … | … | … | … |
| … | … | … | … | … |
| 407 | Pervolarakis, Mikhail (GRE) | 103 | -36 | 36 |
| 789 | Tsitsipas, Petros (GRE) | 25 | -11 | 22 |
| 944 | Kalovelonis, Markos (GRE) | fifteen | -6 | 25 |
| 1,077 | Aristotle, Thanos (GRE) | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 1,196 | Skorilas, Alexandros (GRE) | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 1,506 | Sakellaridis, Stefanos (GRE) | 3 | -38 | 8th |
| 1,579 | Azoids, Demetris (GRE) | 2 | -9 | 2 |
| 2,072 | Stergiou, Ioannis (GRE) | 1 | -4 | 4 |
| 2.128 | Kapiris, Stamatis (GRE) | 1 | -5 | 5 |
| 2.128 | Keisidis, Christos (GRE) | 1 | -5 | 5 |
| 2.128 | Stamoulos, Ioannis (GRE) | 1 | -5 | 5 |
| 2.163 | Xilas, Ioannis (GRE) | 1 | -4 | 6 |
Source: tennis24
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Tennis
22-28.12 Schedule and results of matches between Ukrainians and Ukrainians at ITF tournaments
Sport.ua presents the schedule and results of matches of Ukrainian tennis players at the ITF World Tour tournaments from December 15 to 21
men
M15 Antalya (Türkiye – location), Antalya Series
Singles, elimination, first round
- Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Ibrahim Yego (Kenya) – absent
- Filip Pavic (Kosovo) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – without
Singles, qualifiers, second round
- Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Stefanos Schinas (Greece, 15) – 23.12, at 10:00 at the latest
- Alexandru Balan (Canada, 6) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – 23.12, 12:30 at the latest
Singles, first round
- TVA – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine, 6) –TVA
- TVA – Ilya Biloborodko (Ukraine) –TVA
- TVA – Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 2) –TVA
Doubles, first round
- Dillon Beckles (USA) and Alexander Wagner (Austria) – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine) and Alp Horoz (Türkiye) – TVA
- William Mirarchi (Italy) and Daniil Stepanov – Mihai Marinescu (Romania) and Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 4) –TVA
M15 Monastir (Tunisia – difficult), FTT by Magic Hotel Tours
Singles, elimination, first round
- Kazuki Nishiwaki (Japan, 6) – Arseniy Mironov (Ukraine) – 6:0, 6:0
Women
W15 Antalya (Türkiye – ground), Antalya Series
Singles, elimination, first round
- Anastasia Necule (Romania) – Yaroslava Sribnaya (Ukraine) –TVA
- Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) – Naz Kaynak (Türkiye) – TVA
- Jamie Collinson (Australia) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) –TVA
- Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Öykü Şahbaz (Ukraine) – none
Singles, qualifiers, second round
- Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine, 6) – Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) or Alisa Aksiyanova – TVA
- Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Sabina Shaidullina or Ema Garayda (Czech Republic, 14) – TVA
Doubles, first round
- Asylzhan Arystanbekova (Kazakhstan) and Ingkar Dyusebay (Kazakhstan) – Sara Balan (Romania) and Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine) –TVA
- Nanari Katsumi (Romania) and Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) and Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) –TVA
Source: Sport UA
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20-year-old American tennis player Lerner Tien (ATP 28) Became the winner of the ATP 2025 Junior Final Tournament.
The Americans were defeated in the final of the competition held on indoor courts in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Alexander Blox (Belgium, ATP 116) 1 hour 1 minute.
Next Generation ATP Finals 2025. Final, December 21
Lerner Tien (AMERICA) [1] –Alexander Blox (Belgium) [2] – 4:3 (7:4), 4:2, 4:1
Tien played in the Next Generation finals for the second time. He lost to João Fonseca in the decisive match in 2024.
Lerner suffered one defeat, losing to Rafael Hodar in the first round of the group stage in Jeddah. He then defeated Blox as well as Martin Landaluse, Nikolay Budkov Kjaer and Nishesh Basavareddy.
Tien becomes the second Youth Finals champion after Brandon Nakashima – Nakashima won the Next Gen award in 2022.
Lerner Thien received $502,250 in prize money for his victory at the Next Gen ATP Finals 2025.
Photo gallery of the award ceremony
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The final match will be held on December 21 ATP Youth Final Tournament 2025 In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Net Gen ATP Finals cup will be played on: Alexander Blocks (Belgium, ATP 116) and Lerner Tien (USA, ATP 28). The starting time of the meeting is 19.00 Kyiv time.
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This will be the first head-to-head meeting between the rivals at Tour level and the third if you take into account the junior competitions (1:1).
The winner of the match will receive the Junior Final award.
Source: Sport UA
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