Sinner retains top spot in tennis rankings

Young Spaniard Rafael Nadal achieved the best ranking of his career, moving up nine spots to reach world No. 15 in the weekly ATP rankings at the age of 19. Italian Jannik Sinner retained the top spot in the world rankings, while Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz reclaimed second place at the expense of German Alexander Zverev, who dropped to third.

With the start of the US hard-court swing leading to the US Open, the final of the four Grand Slam tournaments, American Taylor Fritz moved up one spot to ninth in the world, benefiting from the exit of his compatriot Ben Shelton from the Washington quarterfinals. Shelton, who had reached the semifinals in the previous edition, fell two places to tenth. Australian Alex de Minaur, who was eliminated in the quarterfinals while defending his title, dropped one spot to seventh, while Russian Daniil Medvedev rose to sixth despite missing last week’s competition.

In the women’s rankings, there were no changes in the top ten. Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka maintained her lead, ahead of Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina and American Jessica Pegula.

Here are the top ten men: Jannik Sinner (Italy) 13,450 points; Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 8,160 points (+1); Alexander Zverev (Germany) 8,120 points (-1); Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) 4,740 points; Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 3,760 points; Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 3,620 points (+1); Alex de Minaur (Australia) 3,560 points (-1); Flavio Cobolli (Italy) 3,330 points (+1); Taylor Fritz (United States) 3,230 points (+1); and Ben Shelton (United States) 2,680 points (-2).

The top ten women are: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) 8,550 points; Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) 8,056 points; Jessica Pegula (United States) 6,300 points; Coco Gauff (United States) 5,649 points; Mirra Andreeva (Russia) 5,293 points; Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) 5,168 points; Linda Noskova (Czech Republic) 5,016 points; Iga Swiatek (Poland) 4,539 points; Amanda Anisimova (United States) 4,353 points; and Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 4,351 points.