Chilean tennis players Tomás Barrios and Gonzalo Lama made a significant rise this week in the ATP world rankings, after their outstanding performances in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Antalya (Turkey), respectively.
The chillanejo reached the semifinals of the Almaty 2 Challenger last week, a performance that allowed him climb 22 places in the list and appear in box 210, the best location of his career.
Now, the racket that will represent Chile at the Tokyo Olympic Games will play the qualifying of the Wimbledon Open, the third Grand Slam of the season, debuting this Tuesday against the American Mitchell Krueger.
For his part, the ‘León’ won his second consecutive title in an M15 tournament in Antalya on Sunday, on clay. With this, the 28-year-old from Santiago climbed 45 positions and it was located in the 492nd place of the ranking.
For his part, the main national racket, Cristian Garin, lost a position and placed 20 °. The ‘Tank’ announced this morning its descent from the Tokyo Olympics.
Regarding the ‘Top-10’ there were no modifications, so the Serbian Novak Djokovic stayed at the top of the standings, followed by Russian Daniil Medvedev and Spaniard Rafael Nadal.
Ranking de la ATP
1. Novak Djokovic (SER) 12,113 points (0)
2. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 10.143 (0)
3. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 8,630 (0)
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 7,980 (0)
5. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 7.425 (0)
6. Alexander Zverev (ALE) 7.305 (0)
7. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 6.120 (0)
8. Roger Federer (SUI) 4,815 (0)
9. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 4,468 (0)
10. Roberto Bautista (ESP) 3,125 (0)
Chileans:
20. Cristian Garin 2,440 points (-1)
174. Alejandro Tabilo 421 (-3)
210. Tomás Barrios 334 (+22)
309. Nicolás Jarry 168 (-1)
492. Gonzalo Lama 76 (+45)
553. Bastián Malla 61 (-24)
765. Michel Vernier 27 (-4)
870. Matías Soto 18 (+51)
953. Diego Fernández 14 (0)
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