Before the start of the clay court season, Djokovic's world ranking points were far ahead. His advantage over Federer was once as much as 3,270 points. A Grand Slam champion and a Masters champion still couldn't catch up. The gap, the world's number one throne is absolutely secure.
Subsequently, in Monte Carlo, the first stop of the clay court season, Gauvin completed a comeback over Federer, igniting the news media's fanatical pursuit of the battle for world No. 1. The hot discussion continued throughout the clay court season, and finally ended at the French Open. moment has come to an end temporarily.
After the end of Roland Garros, Djokovic's world ranking points are still 2185 points ahead of Gawain. Although the lead has shrunk significantly, it is still obvious and can even be said to be astonishing.
Everyone:...
is it possible?
Are there any errors in the ATP world ranking points statistics? what happened?
In fact, Gao Wen's performance in the clay court season has been able to rank among the first tier. Monte Carlo and Rome are both quarter-finals, Madrid is the semi-finals, Barcelona is the champion, and the most important Roland Garros semi-finals , activate the strong score-sweeping catch-up mode.
However, Djokovic performed even better and actually improved on last year. Even if he missed Madrid, he still rose by more than 700 points in the end, which blocked Gao Wen's crazy pursuit.
Of course, Gao Wen's performance has been very, very good. The entire clay court season has narrowed the gap by more than a thousand points. Originally, Djokovic seemed to be the leader in another dimension, but now he has returned to the same dimension. It seems It is no longer out of reach.
Moreover, both players Djokovic and Gao Wen have exceeded 10,000 world ranking points, which is undoubtedly a benchmark.
The last time two players achieved such a feat at the same time occurred two years ago, that is, in the 2013 year-end rankings, Nadal and Djokovic were ranked among the top two in the world, and both ranked points exceeded 10,000.
Now, add Gawain, the second in the world is absolutely real. The stronger Djokovic is, the more excellent Gawain is.
There is no doubt that Djokovic can clearly feel Gawain's fierce pursuit, which also means that the competition in the second half of the season will be closer and more intense. .z.br>
This year's clay court season, perhaps the only regret is that Gauvin was not able to play against Djokovic again and compete on clay, but instead, Gauvin and Nadal met twice, and at Roland Garros Los Angeles wrote history and triggered numerous heated discussions——
The second player ever to defeat Nadal at Roland Garros.
But the amazing thing is that neither Soderling nor Gawain was able to reach the championship after defeating Nadal. Is this the curse of the King of Clay?
His eyes returned to the world rankings.
Although Gao Wen's performance in the clay court season was very good, Djokovic still put up an even better and stronger top performance to withstand the pressure, seize the limited room for points increase, take the initiative, and prepare for the North American summer hard court season. to gain more room to breathe and adjust.
Now, Djokovic leads Gawain by more than 2,100 points, which is a huge advantage——
Next up is the grass season.
First, there is no Masters, the highest level is the 500-point event, and then there is the crown jewel, Wimbledon, with limited points.
Second, the entire grass court season is only five weeks long, including the two weeks at Wimbledon. Even if you compete non-stop, you can only participate in four events.
In other words, compared with the clay court season, the space for point increases in the grass court season is very limited.
Unless Djokovic loses a game on grass this season and is eliminated in the first round at Wimbledon; at the same time, Gao Wen can win two grass court championships including Wimbledon, and the world's No. 1 throne will change hands, otherwise , Djokovic's world number one will continue into the North American hard court season.
Once the North American hard court season enters, the situation will change slightly——
Although before the start of the US Open, Gao Wen still had a large increase in points.
Space, but at the same time, the window for Gao Wen to purely increase points without the pressure of maintaining points will gradually shrink, and he will soon face the huge pressure of New York's two thousand championship points. The pressure on and off the court will play the role of an unknown variable.
By then, if Gao Wen wants to reverse Djokovic, the difficulty will increase exponentially.
At least, from the current point of view, the 2,100-point lead is enough to ensure that Djokovic's world number one will continue until the end of the grass court season.
This is clearly evident in the championship points rankings.
Unlike the world rankings, championship points only count points from events in the natural year, that is, points starting from January 1, 2015.
In the first quarter, Gao Wen successively reached the top of the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami, unbeatable.
In the second quarter, Djokovic won two consecutive Masters tournaments in Monte Carlo and Rome, and once again reached the final stage of Roland Garros.
At the same time, don’t forget that Djokovic’s performance in the first quarter of the hard court season was not inferior to Gao Wen’s, but Gao Wen’s performance in the second quarter of the clay court season was far inferior to Djokovic’s. After one reduction, the gap between the two players in the championship points list is already very small.
First, Gawain, 6410.
Second, Djokovic, 6345.
Numbers are the most direct and clearest.
It can be seen at a glance that Djokovic has quickly narrowed the gap with his amazing performance in the clay court season. The opportunity to overtake Gawain is close at hand. The next grass court season will still be Djokovic's home court. Gawain will still face challenges.
It can be seen that in the battle for the world's No. 1 ranking, Djokovic still firmly holds the initiative. It can be seen from his continued strong performance in the first half of the year that the challenger wants to overturn the complete dominance of the Big Four, whether it is Gawain or Wawrinka, both have a long way to go.
Of course, Djokovic has his own pressures.
He is the defending champion of Wimbledon, and so far this year, he has reached the finals of two consecutive Grand Slams but lost to Gawain and Wawrinka respectively, so that he was ranked runner-up in a row. This is obviously not a good thing. Omen, he has his own battles and his own dilemmas.
Perhaps, the world's No. 1 position will not change during the grass-court season, but the performance during the grass-court season will establish the players' positions before entering the North American hard-court season. Just like a 200-meter race, cornering skills will determine the final outcome. The position of the straight sprint is crucial.
The grass-court season, which is just one month long, is this corner. Many changes may occur every week. The ups and downs are still worthy of attention. The drama of the Challenger League's impact on the Big Four is still climaxing and the most exciting moments are It's still far from coming.
Tension, excitement, stalemate, and suspense, who can easily refuse?
