Jannik Sinner continued to occupy the No. 1 spot in the latest ATP Rankings released on Monday after winning his second straight Australian Open title.
The Italian defeated World No. 2 Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 to clinch his third Grand Slam title in Melbourne on Sunday.
Germany’s Zverev suffered his third loss in as many career Major finals.
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USA’s Tommy Paul, who lost to Zverev in the quarterfinals, jumped two spots to make his Top 10 debut. The 27-year-old American is the new World No. 9.
Daniil Medvedev, last year’s runner-up, was knocked out by American teenager Learner Tien, a qualifier, in the second round. The Russian slipped two spots to seventh.
Ten-time champion Novak Djokovic was forced to retire after losing the first set against Zverev in the semifinals due to injury. The Serbian, who had gone down to Sinner at the same stage last year, dropped one place to sixth.
TOP 10 (along with ranking points)
1. Jannik Sinner (ITA) – 11,830
2. Alexander Zverev (GER) – 8,135
3. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) – 7,010
4. Taylor Fritz (USA) – 5,050
5. Casper Ruud (NOR) – 4,160
6. Novak Djokovic (SRB) – 3,900
7. Daniil Medvedev – 3,780
8. Alex de Minaur (AUS) – 3,735
9. Tommy Paul (USA) – 3,495
10. Andrey Rublev – 3,130
Casper Ruud, despite his second-round exit, moved up one place to fifth.
Andrey Rublev, who lost to Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca in the first round, dropped one spot to 10th.
Ben Shelton, the fourth semifinalist, jumped three spots to 14th.
Elsewhere in the Top 100, Frenchman Arthur Fils (19th), American Alex Michelsen (36th), Briton Jacob Fearnley (77th), Canadian Gabriel Diallo (85th), Italians Francesco Passaro (89th) and Mattia Bellucci (98th), and Serbian Hamad Medjedovic (94th) achieved new career-high rankings.
Tien (80th) and Fonseca (99th) made their Top 100 debut.
INDIANS
Doubles
Rohan Bopanna – 21 (dropped five spots)
Yuki Bhambri – 47
N. Sriram Balaji – 64 (moved up one spot)
Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli – 79 (slipped seven spots)
Arjun Kadhe – 83 (moved up one spots)
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan – 100 (dropped two spots)
Niki Poonacha – 116 (dropped four spots)
N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth – 119 (dropped 13 spots)
Anirudh Chandrasekar – 131 (dropped 15 spots)
Ramkumar Ramanathan – 143 (dropped two spots)
Saketh Myneni – 177 (moved up two spots)
Singles
Sumit Nagal – 106 (dropped 15 spots)
Mukund Sasikumar – 365 (moved up two spots)
Ramkumar Ramanathan – 406 (dropped one spot)
Karan Singh – 496 (dropped 20 spots)
Aryan Shah – 593 (dropped 9 spots)
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