Rafael Nadal secures world No.1 until end of year

TIL Desk Sports/ Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal secured a year-end top position in the ATP Rankings following his victory over South Korean talent Chung Hyeon in the second round of the Paris Masters, while promising German star Alexander Zverev was stunned by Dutch Robin Haase in full sets.

The 31-year-old Nadal has become the oldest and first year-end No.1 over the age of 30 since the ATP Rankings were established in 1973. This is his fourth time to be crowned world No.1 at the end of the season, after 2008, 2010 and 2013.

“I’m very, very happy for everything,” Nadal told the crowd in an on-court interview here on Wednesday.”It has been an amazing year. One year ago, for sure I never dreamed about being world No.1 again at the end of the season. It’s something that means a lot to me.”Nadal emphasized that “the season is not over.”