Novak Djokovic world No 1 after winning Australian Open

Novak Djokovic surpassed Rafael Nadal as world No 1 after winning the Australian Open on Sunday.

The Serbian tennis player beat Dominic Thiem to win 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena.

It is Djokovic's 276th week as world No 1 and now he can overtake Roger Federer (310) and Pete Sampras (286) this season for most weeks at number one.

 ATP, 3 February

1 (2). Novak Djokovic (Serbia) - 9,720 

2 (1). Rafael Nadal (Spain) - 9,395

3 (3). Roger Federer (Switzerland) - 7,130

4 (5). Dominic Thiem (Austria) - 7,045

5 (4). Daniil Medvedev (Russia) - 5,960
 
6 (6). Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) - 4,745

7 (7). Alexander Zverev (Germany) - 3,885

8 (8). Matteo Berrettini (Italy) - 2,905

9 (10). Gael Monfils  (France) - 2,700

10 (9). David Goffin (Belgium) - 2,555

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