The latest website: Before the start of the clay court season, Djokovic’s world ranking points were far ahead. The advantage over Federer was as high as 3,270 points. The points of a Grand Slam champion and a Masters champion are still If you can't catch up with the gap, the world's number one throne is absolutely secure.
Afterwards, in Monte Carlo, the first stop of the clay court season, Gao Wen completed the overtake of Federer, which ignited the frantic pursuit of the world's No. The moment, temporarily came to an end.
After the end of Roland Garros, Djokovic's world ranking points are still 2,185 points ahead of Gao Wen. Although the lead has shrunk significantly, it is still obvious, and it can even be said to be amazing.
Everyone: ...
is it possible?
Is the ATP world ranking point statistics sure that there is nothing wrong? what happened?
In fact, Gao Wen's clay court season performance has been able to rank among the first echelon, Monte Carlo and Rome are the quarterfinals, Madrid is the semifinals, Barcelona is the champion, and the most important Roland-Garros semifinals , to start a strong score-sweeping catch-up mode.
However, Djokovic's performance was even better. He actually made a further improvement on the basis of last year. Even though he was absent from Madrid, he still gained more than 700 points in the end, which stopped 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 is no longer out of reach.
Moreover, the world ranking points of Djokovic and Gao Wen have both exceeded 10,000, which is undoubtedly a benchmark.
The last time two players achieved such a feat at the same time happened two years ago, that is, in the year-end ranking in 2013. Nadal and Djokovic ranked the top two in the world, and both ranked points exceeded 10,000.
Now, let's add Gao Wen, the second in the world is absolutely real, the stronger Djokovic is, the more outstanding Gao Wen is.
Undoubtedly, Djokovic can already clearly feel Gao Wen's relentless 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 Gao Wen was not able to play against Djokovic again, and was not able to compete on clay. Lowes wrote history and sparked countless heated discussions—
The second player ever to beat Nadal at Roland Garros.
But the amazing thing is that neither Soderling nor Gawain, after defeating Nadal, failed to reach the championship. Is this the curse of the king of clay?
Sight, back to the world rankings.
Although Gao Wen's performance in the clay court season was very good, Djokovic still showed a better and stronger top performance to withstand the pressure, seized the limited room for points increase and took the initiative, and prepared himself for the hard court season in North America in the summer. to gain more room to breathe and adjust.
Now, Djokovic is more than 2,100 points ahead of Gao Wen, which can be described as a huge advantage—
Then came the grass season.
First, there is no Masters, the highest level is the 500-point event, and then there is the jewel in the crown, Wimbledon, with limited points.
In other words, compared with the clay court season, the grass court season has very limited room for points increase.
Unless Djokovic loses a game in the grass court season and is eliminated in the first round of Wimbledon; at the same time, if Gao Wen can win two grass court championships including Wimbledon, the world's No. 1 throne will change hands, otherwise , Djokovic's world No. 1 will continue until the North American hard court season.
Once we enter the North American hard-court season, the situation will change slightly-
Even before the start of the U.S. Open, Gao Wen still had a large increase in points
However, at the same time, the window for Gao Wen to increase his points without the pressure of maintaining points will gradually shrink, and he will soon face the huge oppression of New York's 2,000 championship points. The pressure on and off the court will play an unknown variable role.
At that time, if Gao Wen wants to reverse Djokovic, the difficulty will also increase exponentially.
At least, from the current point of view, the lead of 2100 points is enough to ensure that Djokovic's world No. 1 will continue until the end of the grass court season.
This point is clear at a glance on the championship points list.
Different from the world ranking, the championship points only count the points of the competition in the natural year, that is, the points starting from January 1, 2015.
In the first quarter, Gao Wen won the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami consecutively, and he was the best.
In the second quarter, Djokovic won two Masters in Monte Carlo and Rome in a row, and broke into the final stage of Roland Garros again.
At the same time, don't forget that Djokovic's performance in the hard court season in the first quarter was not inferior to that of Gao Wen, but Gao Wen's performance in the second quarter of the clay court season was far inferior to Djokovic. After one reduction, the gap between the two players in the championship standings is already very small.
First, Gao Wen, 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, and the opportunity to overtake Gao Wen is close at hand. The next grass court season will still be Djokovic's home court. Gao Wen will still stumble and face challenges.
It can be seen from this ~www.mtlnovel.com~ In the battle for the number one in the world, Djokovic still firmly takes the initiative. From the continuous strong performance in the first half of the year, it can be seen that the challenger wants to overthrow the Big Four Whether it is Gawain or Wawrinka, there is still 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 has been runner-up in a row. This is obviously not a good thing. Omen, he too has his own battles and his own dilemmas.
Perhaps, the throne of the world's No. 1 will not change in the grass season, but the performance of the grass season will establish the position of the players before entering the North American hard court season. It is like a 200-meter race, and the cornering skills will determine the final result. The position of the straight sprint is very important.
The one-month grass season is just this corner. There may be many changes every week and every week. It is still worthy of attention. It's far from here.
Tension, excitement, stalemate, and suspense, who can easily refuse?