MOVER OF THE WEEK: Rafael Nadal

It was not a big move in terms of number, but it was a significant move in terms of positioning for the big and major tournaments. This week, the mover of the week honors go to Rafael Nadal.  Can he hold on to the number two spot until the seedings are announced for Roland Garros? 

The difference between the number two and three ranking positions is only one hundred and ten [110] points.

1. If Medvedev plays any tournaments in the next few weeks and goes far enough in the draws to accumulate enough points, he can displace Nadal. That would knock Nadal out of the second seed position at Roland Garros.
2. Nadal can secure the number two seeded position in Paris by winning the Mutua Madrid title or at least going far in the draw.  Nadal does not have any points to defend in Madrid.  The last time he played there was in 2019 and he lost in the semifinals.

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ATP & WTA TOP 10 RANKING CHANGES

ATP: the of the top ten members remained the same.  However, Rafael Nadal is back at #2 and Daniil Medvedev  was moved to #3.  Novak Djokovic remains at #1.

WTA: the top nine members remained the same and maintained their previous ranking positions.  Kiki Bertens replaced Petra Kvitova at the #10 position.  The Czech play has fallen out to the top ten to #12. Ashleigh Barty remains at #1.

TOP 100 ATP & WTA RANKING CHANGES

ATP TOP HUNDRED RANKING CHANGES:  there were no significant changes in the rankings in the past week.  With the new ranking system created due to the pandemic, ranking points are not dropping off as they used to.  Thus, players are basically staying around the same ranking unless there is a major shift created from winning the title of a big event.  The big events have more ranking points.

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WTA TOP HUNDRED RANKING CHANGES:  there were also no significant ranking changes in the past week. All of the changes that occurred were less ten.  Congratulations to Sorana Cirstea who won the Istanbul title, it was her second WTA singles title.  It has been thirteen years since her last title in 2008.

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