Andrey Rublev moved up to ninth in the latest ATP Rankings released on Monday after winning his second Qatar Open title.
The Russian defeated Britain’s Jack Draper 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 in the final in Doha on Saturday. As a result, he gained one spot.
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Despite the defeat, the 23-year-old Draper jumped four spots to a new career-high of 12th.
TOP 10 (along with ranking points)
1. Jannik Sinner (ITA) – 11,330
2. Alexander Zverev (GER) – 8,135
3. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) – 7,510
4. Taylor Fritz (USA) – 4,900
5. Casper Ruud (NOR) – 4,325
6. Daniil Medvedev – 4,030
7. Novak Djokovic (SRB) – 3,900
8. Alex de Minaur (AUS) – 3,785
9. Andrey Rublev – 3,670
10. Tommy Paul (USA) – 3,280
Czechia’s Jiri Lehecka, who stunned World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals before going down to Draper in the final-four clash, moved up three spots to a new career-high of 22nd.
Argentina’s Sebastian Baez stayed at the 31st spot after successfully defending his Rio Open title. His compatriots Camilo Ugo Carabelli and Francisco Comesana, who lost in the semifinals, made massive jumps to new career-highs of 69th and 67th, respectively.
Elsewhere in the Top 100, Frenchmen Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (29th) and Alexandre Muller (41st), Spain’s Pedro Martinez (36th), Belgium’s Zizou Bergs (56th) and Raphael Collignon (98th), Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic (71st) and Portugal’s Jamie Faria (87th) achieved new career-high rankings.
INDIANS
Doubles
Rohan Bopanna – 22 (dropped one spot)
Yuki Bhambri – 44 (moved up three spots)
N. Sriram Balaji – 64 (moved up two spots)
Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli – 74 (moved up one spot)
Arjun Kadhe – 86 (dropped two spots)
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan – 94 (moved up five spots)
N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth – 104 (moved up nine spots)
Niki Poonacha – 112 (moved up six spots)
Anirudh Chandrasekar – 139 (dropped four spots)
Ramkumar Ramanathan – 186 (dropped seven spots)
Singles
Sumit Nagal – 131 (dropped one spot)
Ramkumar Ramanathan – 447 (dropped 11 spots)
Mukund Sasikumar – 449 (dropped 33 spots)
Karan Singh – 502
Aryan Shah – 582 (moved up four spots)
Content Source: sportstar.thehindu.com