Alexander Zverev reclaimed the No. 2 spot in the latest ATP Rankings courtesy his title-winning run at last week’s Munich Open.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz had pushed Germany’s Zverev down to third after winning Monte Carlo Masters.
However, Zverev beat USA’s Ben Shelton to clinch his third title in Munich which meant Alcaraz had to win the Barcelona Open to stay ahead but the Spaniard went down 7-6(6), 6-2 to Holger Rune in the final.
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Denmark’s Rune, who captured his first title at the ATP 500 level, returned to Top 10 after a year’s gap.
Top 10 (along with ranking points)
1. Jannik Sinner (ITA) – 9,930
2. Alexander Zverev (GER) – 8,085
3. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) – 8,050
4. Taylor Fritz (USA) – 5,115
5. Novak Djokovic (SRB) – 4,120
6. Jack Draper (GBR) – 3,820
7. Alex de Minaur (AUS) – 3,585
8. Andrey Rublev – 3,530
9. Holger Rune (DEN) – 3,480
10. Daniil Medvedev – 3,290
Three-time Major winner Jannik Sinner continues to occupy the top spot despite being out of action since his Australian Open triumph due to a three-month doping ban.
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, who did not play in either Munich or Barcelona, slipped to 10th.
Casper Ruud, who was the defending champion in Barcelona, dropped from 10th to 15th after his defeat to Rune in the quarterfinals.
Elsewhere in the Top 100, Frenchman Quentin Halys (52nd), Argentina’s Camilo Ugo Carabelli (59th), Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic (61st), Great Britain’s Jacob Fearnley (68th), Canada’s Gabriel Diallo (78th), Belgium’s Raphael Collignon (81st) and Dutchman Jesper de Jong (93rd) achieved new career high rankings.
INDIANS
Doubles
Yuki Bhambri – 34 (dropped eight spots)
Rohan Bopanna – 38 (moved up one spot)
N. Sriram Balaji – 64 (dropped one spot)
Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli – 76 (dropped three spots)
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan – 100 (jumped eight spots)
Arjun Kadhe – 101 (moved up one spot)
N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth – 104 (jumped five spots)
Anirudh Chandrasekar – 107 (dropped 10 spots)
Ramkumar Ramanathan – 139 (moved up 10 spots)
Niki Poonacha – 157 (dropped 22 spots)
Siddhant Banthia – 197 (dropped four spots)
Singles
Sumit Nagal – 165 (jumped six spots)
Mukund Sasikumar – 456 (dropped one spot)
Aryan Shah – 471 (dropped four spots)
Karan Singh – 506 (dropped one spot)
Ramkumar Ramanathan – 559 (dropped one spot)
Content Source: sportstar.thehindu.com