No South Tyrolean has ever been so good

Before his start in the ATP 250 tournament in Lyon against the Russian Aslan Karatsev there is reason to be happy at Sinner. The Pusterer was able to overtake the Norwegian Casper Ruud, among others, in the ATP world rankings updated on Monday and claim 17th place.

This placement also means a new record for South Tyrolean sport. A local tennis player has never been able to place higher in the ATP rankings. Previously, Andreas Seppi from Kalter was ranked 28th in the world on January 2013, 18, which Sinner achieved after reaching the semi-finals at the ATP tournament in Barcelona at the end of April this year.

Whether the tennis ace can go even higher in the immediate future will become clear in the coming weeks. This week Sinner is playing the ATP tournament in Lyon, which is the dress rehearsal for the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open in Paris (from May 30th). Azzurri are shaking up the world's best In addition to Sinner's improvement, the Azzurri's other strong placements in the ATP rankings should also be highlighted. As the best Italian, Matteo Berrettini defends 9th place; the 8-year-old Roman still has his sights set on his career high (11.04.2019th place on April 25, 1000). One name in particular caused a stir last week: Lorenzo Sonego. The Piedmontese sensationally reached the semi-finals of the Masters 28 tournament in Rome. There he later failed against world number one Novak Djokovic. Nevertheless, his performance represents a big leap forward in the ATP rankings, with Sonego moving up five places to XNUMXth place.

Former top ten player Fabio Fognini (ranked 29) completes Italy's quartet among the best 30 tennis players in the world. Swiatek is the big winner In the women's world rankings, there were no changes within the top 8. The Australian Ashleigh Barty remains the measure of all things and continues to hold the scepter in her hand. Naomi Osaka follows in second place, the Romanian Simona Halep completes the top 2. The Polish high-flyer Iga Swiatek was able to improve by six places in the ranking after her demonstration of power at the 3 tournament in Rome. The 1000-year-old top talent is now in 19th place in the world rankings. The ATP men's world rankings Pos Name Country Points 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 11.063 2. Daniil Medvedev RUS 9793 3. Rafael Nadal ESP 9630 4. Dominic Thiem TUE 8445 5. Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE 7430 6. Alexander Zverev GER 7115 7. Andrey rublev RUS 6090 8. Roger Federer SUI 5605 9. Matteo Berrettini ITA 3958 10. Diego Schwartzman ARG 3465 ... 17. Jannik Sinner ITA/Sexten 2500 93. Andreas Seppi ITA/Kaltern 811 657. Alexander Weis ITA/Bozen 39 1120. Manfred Fellin ITA/Brixen 8 1985. Horst Rieder ITA/Völs 1 2023. Patric Prinoth ITA/St. Christina 1 2061. George Winkler ITA/Völs 1 2073. Moritz Trocker ITA/Völs 1 The WTA women's world rankings Pos Name Country Points 1. Ashleigh Barty AUS 10.175 2. Naomi Osaka JPN 7461 3. Simona Halep ROU 6520 4. Aryna Sabalenka BLR 6195 5. Sofia kenin USA 5865 6. Elina Svitolina UKR 5835 7. Bianca Andreescu CAN 5265 8. Serena Williams USA 4791 9. Iga swiatek POL 4435 10. Karolina Pliskova CZE 4345 ... 507. Verena Melissa ITA/Kaltern 84 828. Marion Viertler ITA/Schlanders 27 1329. Verena Hofer ITA/St. Ulrich 4

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No South Tyrolean has ever been so good

By reaching the semi-finals in Barcelona around three weeks ago, tennis ace Jannik Sinner was able to move up to 18th place in the ATP world rankings and thus equal Andreas Seppi's all-time record. Now he has even surpassed the best South Tyrolean tennis player of all time.

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