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(Jürgen Fritz, 10.05.2023) This is how the current World Tennis Ranking looks if you count all official tournaments, including Wimbledon, Davis Cup, Laver Cup and the ATP Next Gen Finals.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 03.10.2022) There were big surprises at the 250 tournaments in Seoul and Sofia. Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka and Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler won there. In Tel Aviv, on the other hand, top-seeded Novak Djokovic won his third tournament this season, the fourth in the last 52 weeks, and can thus distance himself a little further from Casper Ruud.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 26.09.2022) Novak Djokovic’s Laver Cup win over Tiafoe moves him back up to number three in The True Tennis World Ranking. Auger-Aliassime rises from 14 to 12, Tiafoe from 19 to 17. San Diego tournament winner Brendan Nakashima rises from 49 to 38, the new Metz champion Lorenzo Sonego from 56 to 46.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 13.09.2022) The world has a new Grand Slam winner and a new No. 1. It’s the youngest No. 1 ever in men’s tennis. 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz beats 23-year-old Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3 in the youngest US Open final in 32 years. There are two Spaniards at the top of the world now.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 28.08.2022) Adrian Mannarino wins an ATP tournament for the second time in his career at the age of 34. He beats Laslo Djere in the final of Winston-Salem and thus moves back into the top 50 one day before the start of the US Open.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 15.08.2022) At the Canada Masters in Montreal, 31-year-old Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta wins a C tournament for the first time in his career with victories over Berrettini, Sinner and in the final over Hurkacz. In The True Tennis World Ranking, the bronze medallist from Tokyo thus rises from 26 to 16.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 08.08.2022) Daniil Medvedev wins a tournament in Los Cabos (E) for the first time in 47 weeks and extends his lead in The True Tennis World Ranking by 10 points. Nick Kyrgios wins an ATP tournament in Washington (D) for the first time in three years and thus climbs from 17 to 15.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 18.07.2022) Francisco Cerundolo beat fellow Argentine Sebastian Baez in the final of the Nordea Open in Bastad, Sweden, to win his first ATP tournament. Maxime Cressy was able to defeat John Isner in the semi-finals and Alexander Bublik in the final in Newport, USA, on grass. As a result, Baez, Cressy and Cerundolo each moved up about ten places in The True Tennis World Ranking.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 20.06.2022) Daniil Medvedev remains world No 1 and slightly extends his lead by reaching the final in Halle. New Halle champion Hubert Hurkacz climbs from 12 to 11 in the JFB ranking and Matteo Berrettini, who can defend his title in London, consolidates his position in the top ten.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 12.06.2022) The suspended Medvedev (1) and the injured Zverev (2) will certainly not be competing at Wimbledon 2022. The injured record winner Federer will also be absent. Nadal (4) was also feared to be absent from the third Grand Slam tournament of the year due to his severe foot complaints. But now there is hope.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 06.06.2022) Djokovic was unable to defend his Roland Garros title. He was eliminated by Nadal in the quarter-finals and drops from 1 to 3 in the JFB Ranking. Medvedev was even eliminated in the round of 16. This means that Zverev, who reached the semi-finals, takes over the top position for the first time and Rafael Nadal moves up from 5 to 4 with his victory, the finalist Ruud from 9 to 5.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 20.05.2022) Two days to go until the start of Roland Garros, the highlight of the clay court season. In the women’s singles, world number one Iga Swiatek is the clear favourite to win the tournament after her five tournament wins in a row. In the men’s singles, there are four players who are likely to win the title this year.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 23.02.2022) Bilder, wie man sie im Tennissport kaum kennt, bekamen die Zuschauer am Dienstagabend in Acapulco zu sehen. Nach einem engen Ball, den der Schiedsrichter zugunsten der Doppelgegner wertete, flippte Alexander Zverev völlig aus, beschimpfte den Schiri als „fucking idiot“ und donnerte nach dem Match seinen Schläger viermal mit fast voller Kraft gegen den Stuhl, auf dem der Schiedsrichter noch saß.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 21.02.2022) Der 75-jährige Hongkonger Aktivist Koo Sze-yiu plante eine Demonstration gegen die Olympischen Winterspiele in Peking. Am Freitag, den 04.02.2022, unmittelbar vor Beginn der Spiele, wurde der an Krebs Erkrankte frühmorgens gegen 06 Uhr in seinem Haus im Stadtteil Cheung Sha Wan in Gewahrsam genommen und zum Verhör auf eine Polizeistation gebracht.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 15.02.2022) Das 15-jährige russische Eiskunstlauf-Wunderkind Kamila Walijewa durfte heute auch im Einzel starten, obschon ihre A-Probe positiv auf Trimetazidin getestet worden war. Dies hatte der Internationale Sportgerichtshof CAS gestern entschieden. Doch diese Entscheidung trifft zum Teil auf heftige Kritik und hat absurde Folgen.
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