By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday June 17, 2024
In January there was trigger for celebration when Australia’s Alex de Minaur cracked the Prime 10. On the time, the Sydney sider grew to become the primary Aussie since Lleyton Hewitt in 2006 to carry a Prime-10 rating.
The occasion continues this week for the person they name the Demon. The 25-year-old outdated rises to a career-high No.7 within the rankings after claiming the title in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Sunday (his ninth ATP title, and second of 2024).
De Minaur, now 33-11 on the season, is presently sixth within the ATP’s Race to Turin standings.
De Minaur wasn’t the one huge riser this week within the ATP rankings.
On the power of his title in Stuttgart, Jack Draper makes his Prime-30 debut on Monday (+10) and is the top-ranked Brit for the primary time. The 22-year-old southpaw is the youngest man to attain that feat since Andy Murray in 2009.
Draper took out Matteo Berrettini in Sunday’s Stuttgart remaining to turn into the eighth first-time winner on the ATP Tour this season.
Berrettini himself rises 30 spots to No.65, on the power of his efficiency in Stuttgart.
Additionally making huge jumps had been Italy’s Luciano Darderi, who received the Perugia challenger title and jumped from 41 to 34, and Perugia runner-up Sumit Nagal, who jumps from No.77 to No.71. Each gamers sit at profession excessive rankings this week.
France’s Hugo Gaston jumps 13 spots after successful a challenger title in Lyon.
