Goffin Returns To The Top 10, Mover Of The Week
David Goffin has broken back into the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time since February as a result of a semi-final run at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.
The World No. 10 climbs three places courtesy of his impressive back-to-back three-set triumphs over Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic, before eventual champion Rafael Nadal ended his pursuit of the title.
Firmly cementing himself inside the Top 8 for the Emirates ATP Race to London (No. 4), Goffin is an emerging candidate to qualify for the ATP Finals for the first time, should he keep up his strong form. Read Monte-Carlo Final Report
Diego Schwartzman is up to a career-high ranking following a first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final appearance in Monte-Carlo. The Argentine moves up seven spots to No. 34, having clinched victories over Bernard Tomic, Roberto Bautista Agut and then Jan-Lennard Struff, before a spirited 6-4, 6-4, loss against Nadal.
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Jan-Lennard Struff was another player to shine in the Principality of Monaco, edging back towards the Top 50.
The German qualified for the main draw in Monte-Carlo and then ousted eighth seed Grigor Dimitrov from a set down en route to the third round (l. Schwartzman).
Struff’s Monte-Carlo form backs up his third-round showing at the Miami Open presented by Itau (l. Delbonis) and a quarter-final (l. Kohlschreiber) spot at the Grand Prix Hassan II earlier this month to move up to World No. 52.
Yen-Hsun Lu enjoyed victory at his home tournament to lift the 2017 Santaizi Challenger trophy and rise eight positions to World No. 55. Lu clinched his unrivalled 24th ATP Challenger Tour level title with a 6-1, 7-6(4) triumph over Tatsuma Ito.
Janko Tipsarevic retained his title at the International Challenger China 2017 Qingdao without dropping a set to move up 18 places to World No. 71. The Serbian has now won three ATP Challenger Tour titles in 2017.
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#NextGenATP player Frances Tiafoe clinched the 2017 Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open (Florida, U.S.A.) to earn a 15-position climb to a career-high ranking at World No. 72. The American lifted a third Challenger title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over countryman Tennys Sandgren to surge to fifth in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan.
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