Lithuanians
Vilius Gaubas established himself as a leader in Lithuanian tennis. In the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking published on September 9, 19-year-old V.Gaubas rose three more lines and now occupies the 182nd place. This is the highest place in the career of the young Lithuanian tennis player.
V. Gaubos’ advantage over the former long-time Lithuanian tennis leader Ričardas Berankis is increasing. 34-year-old R. Berankis has already fallen to the 326th place in the professional ranking. The veteran was approached by 20-year-old Ed Butvilas, who ranks 368th.
Another Lithuanian is classified in the ATP ranking. Pijus Vaitiekūnas ranks 2002.
Lithuanian
Lithuanian women’s tennis leader Justina Mikulskytė won the sixth International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament last weekend, but for the first time in her career, she lost in a W50 competition. After this victory, 28-year-old J. Mikulskytė rose again in the ranking of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and now occupies a record 206th place.
In the ranking published on September 9, Klaudija Bubelytė rose to the highest 562nd place in her career. Three more Lithuanians are among the top 1,000: Patricija Paukštytė ranks 726th, Iveta Dapkutė – 792nd, Andrė Lukošiūtė – 800th.
Leaders
The Italian Jannik Sinner has established himself even more in the first place of the ATP ranking. 23-year-old Mr. Sinner became the winner of the US Open Championship last weekend, and now there is almost no doubt that it is the Italian who will end the season as the leader of the ranking.
The German Alexander Zverev returned to the second line of the ranking, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz occupies the third place.
On the morning of September 9, Novak Djokovic, the champion of the Paris Olympics, saw his name in an unusually low position. He dropped to fourth place. N. Djokovic fell out of the top three of the ATP ranking for the first time since January 2023.
Russians Danijil Medvedev and Andrei Rublev, American Taylor Fritz, Polish Hubert Hurkacz, Norwegian Casper Ruud and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov are also in the top ten of the ranking leaders.
Leaders
Poland’s Iga Świątek has been leading the WTA ranking since last November. This year’s French Open winner I. Świątek has been playing worse in recent months and has not reached a single WTA final since June, but her ranking advantage over her rivals is still very large.
Second place is taken by Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who became the winner of the US Open Championship last weekend, American Jessica Pegula, the finalist of the US Championship, returned to third place after a year’s break.
Kazakhstan’s Jelena Rybakina, Italy’s Jasmine Paolini, American Coco Gauf, Chinese Zheng Qinwen, American Emma Navarro, Czech Barbora Krejčikova and Greek Maria Sakkari are also in the top ten.
2024-09-10 05:30:33