Britain’s young Emma Radocano made a huge leap in the WTA rankings released on Monday, after winning the US Open, and moved up from 150 to 23, while Spaniard Rafael Nadal exited the top five in the ATP rankings.
After an exceptional career in Flushing Meadows, the 18-year-old became the first female qualifier, for both men and women, to win the Grand Slam title in history by defeating the other Canadian teenager, Leila Fernandes, 19, in the first ever major final that brings together two non-players. Two categorized.
In just her second appearance at a major, Radocano gave Britain her first women’s major title since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon 1977 and her first New York title since Wade in 1968.
Fernandes, in turn, moved up 45 places to 28, and despite her exit from the third round, Australian Ashleigh Barty still controlled the lead, while last year’s title holder Naomi Osaka of Japan fell from third to fifth after her exit from the third round this year.
In the Arab world, Tunisian Anas Jaber advanced three ranks to the 18th place as the best classification in her career.
Among the men, the absent Austrian title holder, Dominic Thiem and Nadal, lost two places, falling to eighth, and the 2019 champion to sixth after ending his season due to a foot injury.
Russian Daniil Medvedev boosted the runner-up after winning his first major title in Flushing Meadows, at the expense of the Serbian Novak Djokovic, preventing him from becoming only the third player in history and the first since 1969 to win the four major titles in one year.
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced four places to the eleventh after reaching the semi-finals, while 18-year-old Spanish champion Carlos Alcaras advanced 17 places to 38, after surprisingly eliminating third-seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas from the third round before having to withdraw from the tournament. His match during the quarter-finals due to injury.
Here is the ranking of the top ten players:
1 – Novak Djokovic 12,133 points
2- Russia’s Daniil Medvedev 10780
3- Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 8350
4- German Alexander Zverev 7760
5- Russian Andrey Rublev 6130 (+2)
6- Spaniard Rafael Nadal 5815 (-1)
7- Italian Matteo Berrettini 5173 (+1)
8- Austrian Dominic Thiem 4995 (-2)
9- Roger Federer 3765
10- Norwegian Casper Rod 3440 (+1)
Ranking of the top ten players:
1- Australian Ashleigh Barty 10075 points
2- Belarusian Arina Sabalenka 7720
3- Czech Karolina Pliskova 5315 (+1)
4- Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 4860 (+1)
5- Japan’s Naomi Osaka 4796 (-2)
6- American Sophia Kenin 4692
7- Czech Barbora Krajicekova 4668 (+2)
8- Polish IGA Švientek 4571
9- Spanish Garbine Mugurosa 4380 (+1)
10- Czech Petra Kvitova 4060 (+1)
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