By Victor Kanayo
Serial grand slam winner Novak Djokovic, has jumped to number two in the latest ATP ranking, day after winning the Cincinnati Open.
This is happening three days to the kick-off of 2023 US Open.
Djokovic outclassed world number one Carlos Alcaraz to win the Cincinnati Open on Sunday.
In his last warm-up event for the season’s final major, Djokovic took some revenge on the 20-year-old Spaniard who won the final at Wimbledon on July 17, 2023.
Djokovic fell a set behind but fought back to win 5-7, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/4) on his fifth match point and after 3 hours 49 minutes.
Djokovic took second in the rankings released on Monday from Daniil Medvedev, who was eliminated in the last 16 by Alexander Zverev.
The Serbian also cut Alcaraz’s lead atop the rankings to 20 points.
Dane Holger Rune climbed to No. 4 at the expense of Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, who dropped three places.
Zverev climbed five places to 12th.
The Cincinnati win delivered Djokovic his 95th career title and 39th Masters 1000 Crown.
The tournament was Djokovic’s first on US soil in two years after he was barred from entering the country because he was not vaccinated against covid-19.
He will look to add a 24th grand slam trophy to his collection at the upcoming US Open, which runs from August 28 to September 10.
