The 2021 season was tough for Rafael Nadal. But it wasn’t the injury to his foot that kept him off the slopes for four months, or the latest injury Positive for COVID-19 They prevented the Spaniards from compiling records. Which is that Nadal thanks The titles of Count Judo and the Thousand Lords of Rome, and the semi-finals of Roland Garros, As the greatest success of this campaign, in 2021 he set an unprecedented record in tennis history: Finishing the year in the top ten in the ATP (6) rankings for the 17th consecutive season.
His perseverance and regularity always prevail in the face of physical problems, which has not even prevented him from leaving the top ten since entering in April 2005. Since then, his worst position has been the tenth he held for several weeks in 2015, another of his ‘cursed’ years Because of the injuries. In 2022, Nadal will receive A chance to add his 18th year to the top ten at the end of the year, equaling the all-season record held by Roger Federer.
Nadal waves to the crowd in his final match of 2021 in Abu Dhabi, where he lost to Shapovalov.
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Djokovic is number one
But without a doubt, Novak Djokovic signed recent tennis records. Besides the impressive records the Serbian has amassed throughout 2021 (three major championships, seven number one times at the end of the year, and further weeks as the leader of the rankings with 348), Nol has broken another barrier in the history of the sport to become Number one veteran at the end of the season with 34 years (First, that he reach that age, as he and Nadal reached him in the past by 33 years).
Number one year-end veterans
| Noun | Omar | general |
| 1. Novak Djokovic (SER) | 34 years and 7 months | 2021 |
| 2 – Novak Djokovic (SER) | 33 years and 7 months | 2020 |
| 3. Rif Nadal | 33 years 6 months | 2019 |
| 4. Novak Djokovic (SER) | 31 years and 7 months | 2018 |
| 5. Rif Nadal | 31 years and 6 months | 2017 |
| 6. Evan Lendl (RCh) | 29 years and 9 months | 1989 |
| 7. Andre Agassi (EE UU) | 29 years and 8 months | 1999 |
| 8. Andy Murray (Great Britain) | 29 years and 7 months | 2016 |
| 9. Roger Federer (Switzerland) | 28 years and 4 months | 2009 |
The years go by, but The ringleaders are still at the top. With serious aspirations to continue expanding his rule. Nadal and Djokovic are eternal legends at Olympus tennis…
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