Nick Kyrgios Back In Top 40, Mover Of Week | ATP Tour

Nick Kyrgios’ cost to his second crown on the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. propels the Australian to No. 37 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, his highest place since February 2020. Yoshihito Nishioka and Mikael Ymer additionally make large jumps off the again of sturdy showings within the U.S. capital.

ATPTour.com appears on the movers of the week, as of Monday, 8 August.

No. 37 Nick Kyrgios, +26
A formidable week in Washington noticed Kyrgios raise his seventh tour-level trophy on the Citi Open and the triumph lifts the Australian 26 spots to No. 37 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. Kyrgios downed 4 dwelling favourites on the ATP 500 occasion — together with Frances Tiafoe in a quarter-final thriller throughout which the Australian saved 5 match factors — earlier than dismissing Ymer and Nishioka to assert his first Tour title since 2019. Read Washington Final Report & Watch Highlights.

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No. 11 Cameron Norrie, +1
Norrie fell simply wanting defending his 2021 crown on the Abierto de Tenis Mifel in Los Cabos, however the Briton’s run to the championship match pushes him one spot increased to No. 11 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. Norrie breezed previous Chun-Hsin Tseng and Radu Albot on the west coast of Mexico and battled previous second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime within the semi-finals earlier than World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev proved too sturdy within the closing. Read Los Cabos Final Report & Watch Highlights.

No. 24 Frances Tiafoe, +3
Tiafoe’s quarter-final conflict with Kyrgios was one of many matches of the 2022 season to date. Though the American was in the end crushed in a gathering between two of probably the most thrilling shotmakers on the ATP Tour, Tiafoe had already delighted his dwelling followers with sturdy showings in opposition to Christopher Eubanks and Botic van de Zandschulp, wins that transfer him up three spots to No. 24 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.

No. 54 Yoshihito Nishioka, +42
5 hard-fought wins in 5 days, all in opposition to Prime 40 opponents, carried Nishioka to his maiden ATP 500 closing in Washington. The Japanese noticed off Jenson Brooksby, Alex de Minaur, Karen Khachanov, Daniel Evans (in a three-hour, 35-minute quarter-final epic) and prime seed Andrey Rublev earlier than Kyrgios proved a step too far within the closing. Nishioka’s efforts nonetheless see him soar 42 spots to No. 54 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, simply six locations off his profession excessive.

Different Notable Prime 100 Movers
No. 26 Holger Rune, +2 (Profession Excessive)
No. 35 Miomir Kecmanovic, +3
No. 44 Emil Ruusuvuori, +2
No. 52 Sebastian Korda, +2
No. 59 Jiri Lehecka, +6 (Profession Excessive)
No. 77 Mikael Ymer, +38
No. 84 J.J. Wolf, +15 (Profession Excessive)