Sharjah24 – AFP: While the ATP rankings barely moved on Monday following a weekend when the Davis Cup replaced tournaments, there was one visible change, as the Russian flag vanished from the list.
Daniil Medvedev stayed on top, but the country column next to his name contained a white rectangle, after the ATP responded to the invasion of Ukraine, by deciding last week to allow Russian and Belarusian players to continue to compete, but not under their national flags.
Andrey Rublev, who dropped a place to seventh, Aslan Karatsev in 22 and Karen Khachanov, who fell one spot to 26, also had their nationality hidden by the ATP.
Belarusian Ilya Ivashka, who rose two spots to 41, was also flagless.
There no Ukrainians in the men's top 100.
Rankings
1. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 8615 pts
2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 8465
3. Alexander Zverev (GER) 7515
4. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6515
5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 6325
6. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 4928 (+1)
7. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4590 (-1)
8. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3915
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3883
10. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 3495 (+1)