LONDON, 8 March, 2021 (TON): In the 48-year history of the ATP rankings, on Monday, Novak Djokovic Serbian tennis player set a record for most weeks at No.1.
Djokovic entered his 311th week at the top of the rankings, one week longer than Swiss 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer's record.
Last month, 18-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic grabbed his ninth Australian Open title, while, Federer set the record in July 2012 surpassing American Pete Sampras' record of 286 weeks.
In May 2018, amid a series of injuries and downtown in form Djokovic fell to No. 22.
However, he stormed back into the top five after winning Wimbledon and the US Open in 2018 and following that up with a win at the 2019 Australian Open and 2019 Wimbledon. Moreover, Federer, Djokovic, and Spain's Rafael Nadal have dominated men's singles tennis, particularly the Grand Slams, for nearly two decades.
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