Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner topped the ATP world rankings, rising from second to first, in a pecking order that saw former Serbian leader Novak Djokovic drop to third after being injured.
Sinner, 22, is the first Italian player to top the ATP rankings since the creation of the computerized classification in 1973 and will be the top seed at the third Grand Slam of the season, Wimbledon, which starts on July 1.
This season, Sinner has 33 wins and just three losses, with only three titles: the Australian Open, the Rotterdam tournament and the Masters 1000 in Miami.
Two of the three losses came to Carlos Alcaraz, the last of which came in five sets in the semi-finals of Roland Garros, a tournament the Spaniard won by beating Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the final on Sunday.
The triumph, the third major of his career, lifted Alcaraz to second place in the ATP rankings, a list that now follows Djokovic, who underwent surgery on his right knee on Thursday, Zverev (fourth) and the Russian. Daniil Medvedev (fifth).
Among the Portuguese Maiato, Nuno Borges has dropped one position to 48th place, well ahead of Jaime Faria (177th place) and Henrique Rocha (199th place).
In the women’s tournament, Iga Swiatek’s third consecutive title at Roland Garros – the fourth in five years and the fifth major of her career – cemented the Polish woman’s leadership in the WTA hierarchy, significantly ahead of American Coco Gauff, who rose to second place. after reaching the semi-finals of Roland Garros.
Italy’s Jasmine Paolini, the beaten finalist in Paris, moved up eight places to seventh in the WTA rankings.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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