Serbian Novak Djokovic, winner on Sunday of the Wimbledon final against Roger Federer, consolidated his position as the world number 1 in the ATP classification, published yesterday.
The Belgrade tennis player, who achieved his 16th Grand Slam title at the end of an epic duel of 4 hours and 57 minutes, retains nearly 4,500 points over the Spanish Rafa Nadal, semifinalist in the English tournament.
Third with almost 38 years, Federer is closer to less than 500 Nadal points. The other Spaniard in the semifinals, Roberto Bautista, surpassed by Djokovic, won nine places to be placed 13th in the world. The 31-year-old equals the best classification of his career.
In women, the Australian Ashleigh Barty continued for the fourth consecutive week at the top of the ranking according to the WTA. The Japanese Naomi Osaka remained in second place after being displaced by Barty.
The Romanian Simona Halep, winner on Sunday at Wimbledon, climbed three steps, from seven to four. In turn, the Venezuelan-Venezuelan Garbiñe Muguruza fell a step and went down to 28th place
Federer: I will try to forget it
The Swiss Roger Federer, who had two championship points in the final he lost to Serbian Novak Djokovic, said in his speech that he will try to forget the defeat although he stressed that, in any case, "it was a great match".
The Swiss had the service on his side to take his ninth Wimbledon title and had a 40-15 that saved Djokovic, ultimately champion.
«I will try to forget it. It has been a great match, it has been a long one, I gave it my all. I had many opportunities, but I am happy with my performance. Feliciades, Novak, has been crazy, "said Federer, who lost a Wimbledon final for the third time to the Belgrade tennis player.
"I hope to be able to give faith to other people that at 37 all is not finished," added the player who will turn 38 next August 8.
The All England condemns piracy of rights in Saudi Arabia
has condemned on Sunday the use of the exclusive rights of the Wimbledon tournament in Saudi Arabia, for the second consecutive year.
In a statement, the AELTC recalls that "the exclusive rights of the tournament's broadcasting partners - including, among others, IN SPORTS, BBC, Canal +, ESPN - have been accessible throughout the world through custom IPTV applications. BeoutQ, which is not only totally illegal, but undermines the commercial value of Wimbledon's intellectual property worldwide. "
"The AELTC will make the greatest efforts with the UK Government to put pressure on the Saudi authorities to close the BeoutQ pirate operation immediately after its illegal exploitation of world sport," the communique ends.