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One-week ranking observation: the new generation of players has reached a new high, and the Big Three has encountered challenges?

This week, there have been some changes in the singles rankings of professional players.

With the points Tim earned at Vienna 2019 deducted, the Austrian dropped one place in the rankings this week, from 8th to 9th.

Meanwhile, Norwegian Ruud rose to 8th in the latest ATP rankings, continuing to set career highs.

Even though Ruud has not played in Moscow and Antwerp in the past week, he has been in excellent form this season, winning five ATP singles titles so far, namely Geneva, Bastad, Gstad, Kitzbühel and Santiago.

One-week ranking observation: the new generation of players has reached a new high, and the Big Three has encountered challenges?

The 22-year-old Norwegian has become the player who has won the most ATP titles this year.

'The weight of my winning title may not be comparable to That of Novak, who has won three Grand Slams this year. Rude said in an interview with reporters. "I set a goal at the start of the season to try to win multiple races. When I won the Geneva race, I felt incredible. It's been an incredible season and I'm very happy with my performance. ”

Ruud wasn't alone in this week's ATP rankings setting career highs. Sinar just won his fourth ATP title of the year in Antwerp, rising from 13th to 11th, just one place below its previous high.

One-week ranking observation: the new generation of players has reached a new high, and the Big Three has encountered challenges?

Despite not playing last week, Indian Welles champion Nori is in the world's top 15 for the first time, rising from 16th to 14th after Federer and Schwartzman slipped in the rankings.

Karatsev, after winning the Moscow championship, made the top 20 this week for the first time, rising from 22nd to 19th.

The Russian, who went from 100 to the top 30 in five weeks from February to March this year, unexpectedly reached the Australian Open semi-finals and won his first ATP title in Dubai.

After that, the Russians' rankings have been stable between 22-29, which lasted for more than seven months. Now, after winning the second ATP title of the year, the rankings have finally entered a new phase.

One-week ranking observation: the new generation of players has reached a new high, and the Big Three has encountered challenges?

At the same time, there have been some very significant changes in the WTA rankings.

After winning the Moscow championship, Estonian player Kontavit jumped from 20th to career-high 14th. She has won 21 of the last 23 matches and 28 of the last 31 matches.

In addition, American player Ann Lee won his career debut at Tenerife in Spain, rising from 60th to 48th, reaching the top 50 for the first time. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)

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