Tennis: no change in the Top 10 is to report, neither for women nor for men. Casper Ruud comes close.
If the world top 10 has not moved one iota, Casper Ruud has again climbed two positions, to find himself 12th in the ATP ranking published on Monday. The Norwegian triumphed on Sunday in Kitzbühel, winning his third title in a row after having already removed the meetings of Bastad and Gstaad. The 22-year-old right-hander from Oslo has the highest ranking of his career.
The Tokyo Olympic tournament, which saw Germany’s Alexander Zverev deck out his gold rackets, offered no ATP points. The top of the hierarchy therefore remains unchanged with, in order, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and Zverev. Switzerland’s Roger Federer is 9th while David Goffin has retained his 20th place.
American John Isner, winner of the Atlanta tournament on Sunday for the sixth time in his career, climbed five places to find himself 30th.
The Spaniard Pedro Martinez (ATP 76) and the American Brandon Nakashima (ATP 89), respectively finalists in Kitzbühel and Atlanta, achieved the performances of the week with progressions of 21 and 26 places.
On the Belgian side, Zizou Bergs remained in the top 200 at the last minute but lost three places (ATP 199) while Kimmer Coppejans retained his 212th place. Ruben Bemelmans (ATP 224 / + 3) and Michael Geerts (ATP 317 / -1) follow.
1. (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 12.113 points
2. (2) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 10.220
3. (3) Rafael Nadal (Esp) 8,270
4. (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 8,000
5. (5) Alexander Zverev (All) 7.340
6. (6) Dominic Thiem (Aut) 7.095
7. (7) Andrey Rublev (Rus) 6.005
8. (8) Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 5,488
9. (9) Roger Federer (Sui) 4.215
10. (10) Denis Shapovalov (Can) 3.625
11. (11) Pablo Carreno Busta (Esp) 3,260
12. (14) Casper Ruud (Nor) 3.205
13. (12) Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 3.163
14. (13) Diego Schwartzman (Arg) 2.935
15. (15) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) 2.738
16. (16) Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) 2,720
17. (17) Gaël Monfils (Fra) 2.603
18. (18) Alex de Minaur (Aus) 2,565
19. (19) Christian Garin (Chl) 2,520
20. (20) David Goffin (Bel) 2,500
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199. (196) Zizou Bergs 361
212. (212) Kimmer Coppejans 339
224. (227) Ruben Bemelmans 309
317. (316) Michael Geerts 163
337. (335) Steve Darcis 147
415. (416) Christopher Heyman 101
468. (470) Yannick Mertens 84
472. (473) Jeroen Vanneste 82
493. (495) Arthur De Greef 75
538. (540) Gauthier Onclin 66
613. (612) Arnaud Bovy 47
685. (687) Clement Geens 36
744. (729) Benjamin Dhoe 29
850. (850) Julien Cagnina 20
950. (948) Simon Beaupain 15
1063. (1061) Maxime Pauwels 10
1080. (1111) Raphael Collignon 9
1142. (1139) Tom Pisane 8
1237. (1235) Martin Van Der Meerschen 6
1313. (1309) Romain Barbosa 4
1384. (1377) Buvaysar Gadamauri 4
1415. (1408) Yannick Vandenbulcke 3
1492. (1695) Guillaume Dermiens 3
1541. (1531) Loic Cloes 2
1564. (1554) Yannick Reuter 2
1849. (1842) Nicolas Demeroutis 1
1849. (1842) Louis Herman 1
1849. (1842) Tuur Heuvinck 1
1995. (1987) Charles Tzicas 1
2110. (2101) Romain Faucon 1.
No change in the world top 10, Elise Mertens remains 17th
While the Olympic tennis tournament was punctuated by the victory of the Swiss Belinda Bencic, the top 10 of the WTA world ranking, published on Monday, shows no change. Elise Mertens is in 17th place. The only movement in the top 20 is the gain of a place by the American Jennifer Brady, now 14th ahead of the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka.
At the top, the Australian Ashleigh Barty retains her first place in the world ahead of the Japanese Naomi Osaka. Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, 3rd, completed the podium. Bencic remains 12th in the world because the Tokyo meeting did not offer any points in the WTA ranking.
Behind Elise Mertens, irremovable Belgian N.1, is Alison Van Uytvanck (61st / -2), the only other Belgian to appear in the top 100. Kirsten Flipkens (WTA 105 / -1), Greet Minnen (WTA 111 / -1 ), Maryna Zanevska (WTA 115) and Ysaline Bonaventure (WTA 127 / + 1) are not far away.
In the doubles standings, Elise Mertens, winner of the Australian Open and Wimbledon this season, retains her first place in the world ahead of the Czech pair formed by Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.
1. (1) Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 9635
2. (2) Naomi Osaka (Jap) 7336
3. (3) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 6845
4. (4) Sofia Kenin (USA) 5640
5. (5) Bianca Andreescu (Can) 5331
6. (6) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 5125
7. (7) Karolina Pliskova (Tch) 4975
8. (8) Iga Swiatek (Pol) 4685
9. (9) Garbine Muguruza (Esp) 4165
10. (10) Simona Halep (Rou) 4115
11.(11) Barbora Krejcikova (Tch) 4113
12.(12) Belinda Bencic (Sui) 4085
13.(13) Petra Kvitova (Tch) 3985
14.(15) Jennifer Brady (USA) 3830
15.(14) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 3825
16.(16) Serena Williams (USA) 3641
17.(17) Elise Mertens (Bel) 3495
18.(18) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 3420
19. (19) Maria Sakkari (Greece) 3295
20. (20) Elena Rybakina (Kaz) 3083
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61.(59) Alison Van Uytvanck 1230
105.(104) Kirsten Flipkens 792
111. (110) Greet Minnen 775
115. (115) Maryna Zanevska 744
127. (128) Ysaline Bonaventure 661
251. (246) Marie Benoit 277
284. (286) Yanina Wickmayer 234
304. (304) Lara Salden 210
466. (468) Magali Kempen 104
505.(508) Kimberley Zimmermann 87
683.(696) Eliessa Vanlangendonck 49
824.(847) Clara Vlasselaer 29
899.(900) Chelsea Vanhoutte 23
941. (939) Helene Scholsen 21
1085. (1015) Victoria Kalaitzis 13
1086.(1088) Kim Clijsters 12
1092. (1094) Sofia Costoulas 12
1145.(1138) Vicky Van de Peer 11
1183.(1177) Eline Audenaert 10
1190. (1184) Amelie Van Impe 9
1320.(1313) Justine Pysson 6
1337. (1329) Tilwith Di Girolami 5
1338.(-) Mathilde Dury 4
1402.(1394) Luna Meers 4
1433. (1423) Axana Mareen 3
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