Thiago Monteiro and João Fonseca fall into the ATP ranking; Bia maintains position

The three best-ranked Brazilian tennis players suffered a slight drop in the update on Monday (10). , and lost a position each within the top 100. Already sustained the 16th place in the WTA list. Highlight in the professional circuit this beginning of the season, Fonseca fell from 98th to 99th. Its best place is precisely 98th place, obtained for the first time last week.

The 18 -year -old Brazilian, however, should recover his position and even climb the ranking because this week’s ATP 250 of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Even without debuting on Argentine soil, Fonseca already appears in Provisional 96th place in the live projection of the ranking, but which has no official value. The Argentine tournament, lower than the Open River (ATP 5C00), can make the Brazilian climb good places as it will debut directly on the main key, with invitation from the organization.

In the official list, Wild also lost a position, falling to 77th place. But in the provisional relationship, it has already returned to 76th place. Like Fonseca, it entered the main key directly. Its debut will be this Monday, against Argentine Facundo Diaz Acosta, 75th of the ranking. Already Thiago Monteiro can suffer new falls in the next update. He fell from 99th to 100th place and was eliminated in the qualifying phase, the preliminary stage of the tournament in Buenos Aires. Thus, there is no way to add more points this week if the main competitors of the ranking rise, Monteiro may even leave the top 100 in next week update.

After competing in the Argentine capital, the trio of Brazilians will be on Rio Open, the largest tournament in South America, to be played from the 17th, next Monday, at the Brazilian Jockey Club. Carioca competition is of greater importance in the circuit, as it is ATP 500, higher than Argentina’s ATP 250. In the female, Beatriz Haddad Maia supported 16th place, despite the fall in the debut at the WTA 1000 Doha, at Qatar, over the weekend. In the top 10, the American Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys climbed one position each and now occupy the fifth and sixth places, respectively. The Casaque Elena Rybakina fell to the seventh place.

The Men’s Top 10 was highlighted by Australian Alex de Minaur, runner-up of the ATP 500 of Rotterdam over the weekend. He climbed to sixth place, his best career position. Thus, it broke the Serbi Novak Djokovic and the Russian Danil Medvedev for the seventh and eighth places, respectively.

Check out the top 10 female:

1. Aryna Sabalenka (Bel), 8.956 Pontos
2. The Switch (POL), 8.70
3. Coco Gauff (USA), 6,538
4. Jasmine Paolini (ITA), 5,288
5. Jessica Pegula (USA), 4,861
6. Madison Keys (USA), 4,680
7. Elena Rybakina (CAS), 4.588
8. Qinwen Zheng (CHN), 4.095
9. Emma Navarro (USA), 3,709
10. Paula Badosa (ESP), 3,588

Check out the list of the top 10 in men:

1. Jannik Sinner (ITA), 11,830 points
2. Alexander Zverev (but), 8.135
3. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP), 7.510
4. Taylor Fritz (USA), 5,100
5. Casper Ruud (NOR), 4.480
6. Alex de Minaur (Aus), 4.015
7. Novak Djokovic (SER), 3,900
8. Daniil Medvedev (RUS), 3.830
9. Tommy Paul (USA), 3,445
10. Andrey Rublev (RUS), 3.270

Posted by Luisa Cardoso
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