ATP rankings: Medvedev looks in the rearview mirror at Zverev and there is a new Argentinian in the top 100

The new ATP ranking released this Monday offers a new postcard from the unstable moment that the male circuit is experiencing after an astonishing Masters 1000 in Montreal and before the start of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati with our eyes on the start, in two weeks, of the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the season.

There is talk of instability because the number one in the world, Daniil Medvedev, remains at the top of the standings despite the premature elimination in Canada at the hands of the emerging Australian Nick Kyrgios (he climbed 9 positions and is 28th). But the 990 points he lost along the way left him just 125 points ahead of Alexander Zverev.

However, the good news for the Russian is that next week he will only have to defend 360 points against the 1,000 that the German, who was champion in Cincinnati last year and still has no set date for his return after the brutal. ligament injury. .to the right ankle that took him out of Roland Garros.

Behind Medvedev and Zverev appear Spanish Rafael Nadal, who will be back in action this week and who has everything to add in the rest of the season after an empty second half of 2021, and Carlos Alcaraz, who will seek revenge after a bad week in Montreal.

In fifth place the Norwegian returns to this Casper Ruudwho recovered two positions after reaching the semifinals in Canada, ahead of Serbian Novak Djokovic and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who dropped a couple of steps and finished seventh.

The top ten is completed by the Russian Andrey Rublev, the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, who lost the final in Montreal at the hands of the Spanish Pablo Carreño Busta, who climbed nine positions to the fourteenth.

Carreño’s rise caused a small crash for Diego Schwartzman, who went from 15th to 16th place and remains the best Argentine in the ranking above Francisco Cerúndolo (27 °), Sebastián Báez (35 °, -3), Federico Coria (73 °), Pedro Cachín (88 °, -1) and Tomás Etcheverry (90 °, +4).

There are still seven Argentines who are in the top 100, but there has been a name change. Camilo Ugo Carabelliconsecrated Sunday at the Lima Challenger, this Monday entered the top 100 of the tennis world rankings for the first time in his professional career which began in 2016.

The 23-year-old from Buenos Aires advanced 25 places, finished 96th and replaced his compatriot Juan Manuel Cerúndolo in the selected group, who moved from 99th to 119th step.

the top ten

1) Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 6,885 points

2) Alexander Zverev (Germany) 6,760 points

3) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 5,620 points

4) Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 5,045 points

5) Casper Ruud (Norway) (+2) 4,865 points

6) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 4,770 points

7) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) (-2) 4,650 points

8) Andrey Rublev (Russia) 3,630 points

9) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) 3,625 points

10) Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) 3,435 points

Argentines in the top 100

16) Diego Schwartzmann 2,200 points

27) Francisco Cerúndolo 1,402 points

35) Sebastian Baez (-3) 1,253 points

73) Federico Coria 665 points

88) Pedro Cachin (-1) 598 points

90) Tomas Etcheverry (+4) 579 points

96) Camilo Ugo Carabelli (+25) 539 points