Jasmine Paolini won her first title, claiming the mover of the week honors. Paolini defeated four of the top eight seeds en route to claiming the title in Slovenia. In the process she defeated American Alison Riske, who was just getting her game going after an injury prone season. Thus, in spite of the loss, team Riske must be feeling quite pleased with her performance.
Jasmine Paolini No Stranger To Hard Work
Paolini proves her height is not a disadvantage. At 5’4”, the Italian competes well, taking advantage of being short by being a very good mover. Although being taller gives a player a few advantages, height can also detract from their mobility. Their center of gravity is also impacted, and they can often struggle to bend and get below the ball. Well done to Paolini for doing it the hard way.
Top 100 ATP & WTA Ranking Changes
| ATP | RANKING CHANGES | TOP 100 |
| Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) | UP 15 | 61 CAREER HIGH |
| James Duckworth (AUS) | UP 15 | 65 CAREER HIGH |
| Aljaz Bedene (SLO) | DOWN 13 | 92 |
| Gianluca Mager (ITA) | DOWN 12 | 78 |
| Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) | DOWN 10 | 84 |
| WTA | RANKING CHANGES | TOP 100 |
| Jasmine Paolini (ITA) | UP 23 | 64 CAREER HIGH |
| Clara Tauson (DEN) | UP 18 | 52 CAREER HIGH |
| Danka Kovinic (MNE) | DOWN 17 | 80 |
| Johanna Konta (GBR) | DOWN 15 | 81 |
| Martina Trevisan (ITA) | UP 13 | 66 CAREER HIGH |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova {RUS) | DOWN 13 | 89 |
| Saisai Zheng (CHN) | UP 11 | 83 |
| Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) | DOWN 10 | 93 |
ATP & WTA Top 10 Rankings
ATP: There were no changes in the rankings of the top members and Novak Djokovic is going strong at #1.
WTA: the top members remained the same this week; however, there were some minors changes. Barbora Krejcikova and Iga Swiatek each moved up two spots to #5 and #6 respectively. Naomi Osaka fell three spots to #8 and Sofia Kenin fell one spot to #7. Ashleigh Barty is still #1.
FYI: Serena Williams is currently ranked #40 and Venus Williams is ranked #152.
THE TOP 4 RANKED AMERICAN MEN: Reilly Opelka [19]; John Isner [22]; Taylor Fritz [39]; and Sebastian Korda [42]. The last American man to be in the top ten was John Isner in May 2019.
THE TOP 4 RANKED AMERICAN WOMEN: Sofia Kenin [7]; Cori “Coco” Gauff [19]; Jennifer Brady [21]; and Jessica Pegula [23].
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