Novak to be top seed at Wimbledon, although he'll no longer be World No. 1: Bookies favor him to win, too

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The best tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, will no longer top the ATP rankings as of next Monday. Novak's reign will stop at 373 weeks as No.1, which is certainly an absolute record in men's competition since Roger Federer is behind him with 310 weeks.

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However, although Novak will be the third-ranked tennis player starting on Monday, he will be made the top seed at the most prestigious tournament in the world, Wimbledon. The reason for this is that the world's incoming best, and second-ranked tennis players will be prevented from competing at Wimbledon.

Russian Daniil Medvedev, who will become the world No. 1 on Monday, cannot participate because Wimbledon decided to ban Russians and Belarusians, while Alexander Zverev will miss this Grand Slam due to injury and surgery he had after the French Open semifinal played against Rafael Nadal.

Wimbledon also has a specific formula for seeding competitors, so sometimes the ATP ranking does not have to be crucial, because the points from that list are added to the points won on grass in the last 12 months, as well as 75% of points from the previous season.

Novak is also a big favorite to win the title at Wimbledon, where he has already done that six times. The odds on Novak are 1.91. The second favorite is Alcaraz with 7.5, while the third is Nadal with 8, followed by last year's finalist Matteo Berrettini (12), Felix Auger-Aliassime and Stefanos Tsitsipas (10 and 15 respectively).

The tournament in Wimbledon will be played from June 27 to July 10.

(Telegraf.rs)