Andy Murray tightened his grip on top spot in the latest ATP world rankings released yesterday following his Dubai Tennis Championships win.
Murray, 29, beat Fernando Verdasco in straight sets in the final while his rivals both suffered setbacks. Number two Novak Djokovic slipped up on the hard courts of Acapulco, where he was beaten in the quarter-finals by Nick Kyrgios, while Stan Wawrinka, in third place, fell at the first hurdle in Dubai against lowly Bosnian Damir Dzumhur. Serena Williams of the United States retains her lead at the top of an unchanged leading 10 in the women’s WTA tennis rankings.
Australian Ashleigh Barty jumped 66 places into the world top 100 in the latest WTA rankings following her victory in the Malaysian
Open. After coming through the qualifiers, Barty, now ranked 92, beat Japan’s Nao Hibino in straight sets in Kuala Lumpur for her first WTA title.
The top rankings remain unchanged with the leaders all out of action last week but Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko moves up nine places to 41st after winning in Acapulco while her beaten finalist Kristina Mladenovic rises four places to 26th, her highest ranking.
Men’s rankings
1. Andy Murray (GBR) 12,040 2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 9,825
3. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 5,195
4. Milos Raonic (CAN) 5,080
5. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 4,730
6. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 4,415
7. Marin Cilic (CRO) 3,590
8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3,480
9. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 3,375
10. Roger Federer (SUI) 3,305
Women’s rankings
1. Serena Williams (US) 7,780
2. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 7,405
3. Karolina Pliskova, (Czech Republic) 5,640
4. Simona Halep (Romania) 5,172
5. Dominika Cibulkova, (Slovakia), 5,075
6. Agnieszka Radwanska, (Poland) 4,670
7. Garbine Muguruza (Spain) 4,585
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 3,915
9. Madison Keys (US) 3,897
10. Elina Svitolina Ukraine 3,795.
Andy Murray
