Félix Auger-Aliassime slips one rank

BETTING À DAY

Quebecer Félix Auger-Aliassime has slipped one position in the ATP rankings, newly published on Monday and still dominated by Serbian Novak Djokovic, and is now in eighth place.&nbsp ;

American Taylor Fritz moved up a position to seventh in the world, which Auger-Aliassime occupied. 

Fritz, 25, thus obtained the best ranking of his career.< /p>

He was nevertheless stopped to everyone's surprise in the semi-finals in Dallas by Wu Yibing, who on Sunday became the first Chinese to win a race on the men's professional circuit by winning the final against another American, John Isner, 37th at 37.

Wu, now 58th in the world at 23, also achieved the best weekly progression in the Top 100 with a gain of 39 places.

The Italian Jannik Sinner, titled in Montpellier on Sunday, gains three places and settles in 14th position.

The American Maxime Cressy, who failed in the final ahead of Sinner, occupies the 40th place in the world, after having gleaned 11 places.

Winner of his second title on the circuit on Sunday in Cordoba, the Argentinian Sebastian Baez, 36th, also climbs 11 places.

His victim in the final, his compatriot Federico Coria, 49th with a gain of 18 places, nevertheless achieved the best ranking of his career, at 30 years old.

Canadian Denis Shapovalov is 27th.

< h3>ATP Ranking  

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7070 pts 
2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 6730 < /li>
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 5940 
4. Casper Ruud (NOR) 5515 
5. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4065 
6. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3815 
7. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3455 (+1) < /li>
8. Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3260 (-1) 
9. Holger Rune (DEN) 3136 
10. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 2950 
11. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 2750 (+1) 
12. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 2715 (-1) 
13. Karen Khachanov (RUS) 2515 
14. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 2445 (+3) 
15. Frances Tiafoe (USA) 2350 (-1) 
16. Pablo Carreno (ESP) 2285 (-1) 
17. Alexander Zverev (GER) 2275 (-1) 
18. Tommy Paul (USA) 1835 (+1) 
19. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 1825 (+1) 
20. Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 1821 (-2)  

Swiatek dominates an unchanged Top 10

Polish Iga Swiatek continues to dominate the WTA on Monday, with the only notable change at the top of the rankings being the exit of the Top 20 from Estonian Annett Kontaveit.

Behind the untouchable Swiatek, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, crowned at the Australian Open, and the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, occupy the last two places on the podium.

Kontaveit, who won the tournament of Saint-Petersburg just a year ago and lost in the round of 16 in Abu Dhabi last week, lost 9 places and fell to 27th place.

Unhappy finalist in Abu Dhabi against the Swiss Belinda Bencic who took the opportunity to secure her 9th place after saving three match points, the Russian Liudmila Samsonova, now 15th, progressed four places.

In the Top 100, the performance of the week is signed by Marketa Vondrousova. Now 74th, the Czech, eliminated in the semi-finals in Linz, jumped 15 places.

The Austrian tournament was won by Russian Anastasia Potapova, who moved up 13 places and reached 31st place .

Ontarian Biance Andreescu is now 36th, up one spot. Quebecer Leylah Fernandez is still 39th and British Columbian Rebecca Marino is 75th, down one rank.

WTA Ranking  

1. Iga Swiatek (POL ) 10485 pts 
2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 6100 
3. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 5210 
4. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5000 
5. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4795 
6. Cori Gauff (USA) 3992 
7. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3616 
8. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 3425 
9. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3275 
10. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2860 
11. Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 2740 
12. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2285 (+2) 
13. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2227 
14. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2210 (-2) 
15. Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 2209 (+4) 
16. Simona Halep (ROM) 2141 (-1) 
17. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2138 (- 1) 
18. Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 2005 (-1) 
19. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 1910 (+1) 
20. Paula Badosa (ESP) 1862 (+1)