For Daniil Medvedev, his first tournament as number one in the tennis world rankings ended faster than he had hoped.
The top seeded Russian failed at the ATP Masters in Indian Wells in his second match after jumping to the top of the computer rankings with a 6: 4, 3: 6, 1: 6 on the French veteran Gael Monfils and thus missed the round of 16.
It is also already clear that Medvedev will be replaced as world number one by his Serbian predecessor Novak Djokovic next Monday after only three weeks. Medvedev had pushed Djokovic out of first place at the end of February.
Due to the changing of the guard, none of the “big four” – Djokovic, Rafael Nadal (Spain), Roger Federer (Switzerland) and Andy Murray (Great Britain) – were at the top for the first time since 2004.
Medvedev easily won his first match in Indian Wells against the Czech Tomas Machac with a befitting 6:3, 6:2.
In the first round, Medvedev had a bye.