Quite a moment! Hopefully he'll be able to get a few more Grand Slam titles under his belt in the next few years as well.

Andy Roddick, I think the last person outside Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic to hold the #1 ranking in February 2004!!

I thought Wawrinka might have done it during his peak years but apparently not.

Emma Raducanu has pulled out of next week's WTA event in Monterrey after injury forced her to retire from a three-and-a-half-hour match in Guadalajara this week.

I thought Wawrinka might have done it during his peak years but apparently not.

Highest ranking for Wawrinka was #3 in January 2014.

Incoming men's world number one Daniil Medvedev will face Rafael Nadal in a repeat of their epic Australian Open final after both reached the Mexican Open semi-finals.

 

British number one Cameron Norrie also reached the last four with a 6-1 6-0 victory over Germany's Peter Gojowczyk.

 

Medvedev, who replaces Novak Djokovic as world number one on Monday, won 6-2 6-3 against Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka.

 

Nadal moved into the semi-finals with a 6-0 7-6 (7-5) win over Tommy Paul.

Rafael Nadal continued his stunning start to 2022 by beating incoming world number one Daniil Medvedev to set up a Mexican Open final against Britain's Cameron Norrie.

 

Spain's Nadal, who beat Medvedev in last month's epic Australian Open final, won 6-3 6-3 against the Russian.

 

Norrie, 26, reached the final with a 6-4 6-4 win over Greece's world number four Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Rafael Nadal maintained his unbeaten start to 2022 by beating British number one Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-4 to win the Mexican Open.

 

At the end of last year, Nadal, 35, thought he might have to retire because of a foot injury, but has won all three tournaments he has played this year.

 

The Spaniard won a 21st major title at the Australian Open after victory in a Melbourne warm-up event.

Sloane through to her first final since Singapore 2018 as her opponent had to retire due to back injury. Sloane was down a set and a double break at one stage before levelling up at 3-6 7-5!

Can't believe that Nadal is having his best ever start to a season this far into his career.

^ and its not even clay!

Britain's Katie Boulter progressed to the last 16 of the Lyon Open after fighting back to beat Ana Konjuh.

 

The 25-year-old fought back to knock out sixth seed Konjuh of Croatia 5-7 6-0 6-3.

 

Boulter had breezed through qualifying to secure her place in the main draw and will next face Hungary's Anna Bondar.

 

Fellow Briton Heather Watson won her first-round match at the Monterrey Open, beating Germany's Jule Niemeier.

 

Watson, ranked 107th in the world, won 6-3 2-6 7-6 (7-4) and will attempt to earn back-to-back matches in a WTA main draw for the first time this year when she faces Spanish sixth seed Nuria Parrizas Diaz or Japan's Misaki Doi.

Notable Movements In The Top 20 (ATP)

 

1. Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

2. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

4. Rafael Nadal (Spain)

5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)

6. Andrey Rublev (Russia)

7. Matteo Berrettini (Italy)

10. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)

11. Jannik Sinner (Italy)

13. Denis Shapovalov (Canada)

14. Diego Schwartzman (Argentina)

16. Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain)

17. Reilly Opelka (USA)

18. Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia)

19. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

20. Taylor Fritz (USA)

Notable Movements in The Top 20 (WTA)

 

2. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)

3. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

4. Iga Swiatek (Poland)

5. Anett Kontaveit (Estonia)

6. Paula Badosa (Spain)

7. Maria Sakkari (Greece)

8. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)

12. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)

13. Emma Raducanu (Great Britain)

19. Cori Gauff (USA)

Well Medvedev won't be enjoying his newly achieved #1 spot for long with the mass expulsion of Russians across the sporting world.

Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis:

 

A deep sense of distress, shock and sadness has been felt across the entire tennis community following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the past week. Our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine, and we commend the many tennis players who have spoken out and taken action against this unacceptable act of aggression. We echo their calls for the violence to end and peace to return.

 

The safety of the tennis community is our most immediate collective priority. The focus of the WTA and ATP in particular in recent days has been on contacting current and former players, and other members of the tennis community from Ukraine and neighboring countries, to check on their safety and offer any assistance.

 

The international governing bodies of tennis stand united in our condemnation of Russia’s actions and, as a result, are in agreement with the following decisions and actions:

The WTA and ATP Boards have made the decision to suspend the WTA / ATP combined event, scheduled this October in Moscow.

The ITF Board has made the decision to suspend the Russian Tennis Federation and Belarus Tennis Federation membership and to withdraw their entries from all ITF international team competition until further notice. This action follows the cancellation of all ITF tournaments in Russia and Belarus indefinitely.

At this time, players from Russia and Belarus will continue to be allowed to compete in international tennis events on Tour and at the Grand Slams. However, they will not compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus until further notice.

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina says it is her mission "to unite the tennis community" behind her country after beating Russian Anastasia Potapova in the Monterrey Open first round.

 

Svitolina, wearing the blue and yellow of Ukraine's flag, won 6-2 6-1.

 

The 27-year-old initially refused to play the match until the WTA and ATP said Russian and Belarusian players must compete as neutral athletes.

 

"I was on a mission for my country," said the world number 15.

 

"I'm in a very sad mood, but I'm happy I'm here playing tennis.

 

"I think it's my mission to unite our tennis community to stand with Ukraine, to help Ukraine because what we're going through is a horrible thing for all Ukrainians.

 

Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray are getting back together again, with the two due to start work in the United States next month.

 

They will spend several weeks training after this month's Miami Masters as Murray prepares for the grass court season which starts in June.

 

Murray had already decided to skip the clay court season from April to June.

 

He won two Wimbledon titles, the 2012 US Open and two Olympic gold medals while working with Lendl.

 

Murray also became the world number one under the coach

Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska has reached the semi-finals of the Lyon Open a week after fleeing the Russian bombing of her home city of Odessa.

 

Yastremska, 21, got past Italian fifth seed Jasmine Paolini 6-4 7-6 (7-3) in the quarter-finals to reach the last four of a WTA event for the first time since the summer.

Yastremska carries the Ukrainian flag into the final in Lyon.