Novak Djokovic lost any chance of defending his Australian Open title, and now he's about to his lose No. 1 ATP ranking.
The Serbian was shocked by the Czech Republic's Jiri Vesely, ranked No. 123 in the world, on Thursday in the semifinal of the Dubai Open. The loss guarantees that the No. 2-ranked Daniil Medvedev will have more points than Djokovic in the next ATP rankings, ending his reign.
The Dubai Open had been Djokovic's first since his Australian Open debacle, in which he was deported from Australia over his lack of vaccination.