The Dutchman was surprised in the first round in Marseille last week by the Frenchman Lucas Pouille, who was admitted with a wild card. Botic van de Zandschulp stranded in Doha in the second round. The 26-year-old Gelderlander remained the number 50 in the world.
It has been 26 May 2014 since two Dutchmen were so high on the ATP ranking. At the time, Robin Haase was number 50 and Igor Sijsling was number 55.
Djokovico
Novak Djokovic still tops the rankings. However, the Serbian tennis player, who will start his season in Dubai this week after his controversial ‘banishment’ from the Australian Open, could lose first place to Daniil Medvedev. The Russian will take the lead anyway if he wins the tournament from Acapulco. In all other cases, he is dependent on Djokovic’s result in Dubai. “It’s in his hands, he deserves to be number 1,” said Djokovic. “If it happens this week, I’ll be the first to congratulate him.”
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