Medvedev to lose world No. 1 ranking after shocking upset loss to Monfils at Indian Wells

Russia's Daniil Medvedev crashed out of Indian Wells and lost his world number one ranking after Gael Monfils handed him a shocking 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss on Monday in the third round.

The Frenchman clinched the win on the sixth match point in front of an adoring California crowd with a backhand winner, letting out a roar as he set up a meeting with Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round.

"I'm quite happy right now - I'm in my zone," Monfils said. "I moved quite good and then I changed the speed quite a lot."

But Medvedev lost the momentum in the second set, unable to convert on five of six break point opportunities.

Monfils broke him in the fourth game with a backhand winner and again in the eighth with a fiery forehand.

Overcoming obvious exhaustion, Monfils won the first four games of the final set as Medvedev was unable to set up a single break point opportunity.

It was the first time in 13 years that the 35-year-old Monfils beat the number-one ranked player in the world.

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