{"id":453577,"date":"2026-02-04T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/453577\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:02:09","slug":"sabalenka-maintains-top-ranking-on-womens-tour-despite-loss-djokovic-up-to-third-on-mens-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/453577\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabalenka maintains top ranking on women\u2019s tour despite loss; Djokovic up to third on men\u2019s tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts during a press conference following his loss to Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday.Dar Yasin\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz completed a career Grand Slam of singles victories with his Australian Open title, but there was some solace for the man he defeated, 24-time Grand Slam singles champion Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n

While Alcaraz maintained his No. 1 ranking on the ATP tour ahead of Jannik Sinner, Djokovic, who beat Sinner in the semi-finals at Melbourne Park, moved up one place to No. 3. It is the first time the 38-year-old Djokovic has been inside the top three since August, 2024.<\/p>\n

Marcus Gee: Alcaraz won the Australian Open, but Djokovic is the one with 24 Grand Slam titles<\/a><\/p>\n

On the WTA Tour, Aryna Sabalenka maintained her top ranking despite her loss in the final to Elena Rybakina. <\/p>\n

Rybakina moved up two places to third in the rankings, with Iga Swiatek in between at No. 2.<\/p>\n

Three Americans followed in the WTA rankings \u2013 No. 4 Amanda Anisimova, Coco Gauff and Australian Open semi-finalist Jessica Pegula. Elina Svitolina moved up two places to No. 10 after her semi-final loss to Sabalenka at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n

American Learner Tien was one of the biggest improvers on either tour by moving up five places on the ATP Tour to No. 24, a career high. The 20-year-old Tien, who lost to now No. 4-ranked Alexander Zverev in the quarter-finals, became the youngest American man to reach the final eight of a major since 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts during a press conference following his loss to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,593,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":{"0":"post-453577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-ca","15":"tag-canada","16":"tag-canada-news","17":"tag-canada-sports","18":"tag-canada-sports-news","19":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","20":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","21":"tag-canadian-news","22":"tag-economy","23":"tag-education","24":"tag-environment","25":"tag-federal-government","26":"tag-foreign-news","27":"tag-globe-and-mail","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","29":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","30":"tag-government","31":"tag-life-news","32":"tag-lifestyle","33":"tag-local-news","34":"tag-manitoba","35":"tag-national-news","36":"tag-new-brunswick","37":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","38":"tag-northwest-territories","39":"tag-nova-scotia","40":"tag-nunavut","41":"tag-ontario","42":"tag-pei","43":"tag-photos","44":"tag-political-news","45":"tag-political-opinion","46":"tag-politics","47":"tag-politics-news","48":"tag-quebec","49":"tag-sports","50":"tag-sports-news","51":"tag-technology","52":"tag-tennis","53":"tag-travel","54":"tag-trudeau","55":"tag-us-news","56":"tag-world-news","57":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}