US Open men's runner-up Taylor Fritz returned to the top 10 in the ATP rankings at No. 7 on Monday, and women's runner-up Jessica Pegula rose to No. 3 in the WTA list, while semi-finalist Emma Navarro climbed to a career-best No. 8. (More Sports News)
Men's champion Jannik Sinner 💃nearly doubled his lead as the ATP's No. 1 — a spot he's held since June — a day after defeating Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5, and women's champion Aryna Sabalenka stayed at No. 2 in the WTA behind Iga Swiatek, who lost to Pegula in the quarter-finals.
ꦉ“I mean, I'm not trying to focus on ranking, to be honest. Not like I'm checking where I'm going to be after the tournament,” Sabalenka said Saturday after her 7-5, 7-5 victory over Pegula in the final.
“I'm just trying to focus on myself, and I know that if (at) each tournament I'll be able to play my best tennis 🍃... I'll be able to become world No. 1 again. So, my focus is on myself, on improving myself as a player and as a person. Hopefully, one day, I'll see myself (back) on the top of the ranking.”
Sabalenka briefly supplanted Swiatek at No. 1 after finishing as the runner-up to Coco Gauff at last year's US Open. Sabalenka is the only woman to collect more than one Grand Slam title in 2024; she won the Australian Open in January.
Last year's champions at Flushing Meadows both dropped Monday: Gauff went from No. 3 to No. 6 after being eliminated in the fourth round by Navarro, and Novak Djokovic ꦇslid from No. 2 to No. 4 after he was beaten in the third round by Alexei Popyrin.
🐓Alexander Zverev is the new men's No. 2, followed by Carlos Alcaraz at No. 3, with Daniil Medvedev remaining at No. 5 and Andrey Rublev staying at No. 6 ahead of Fritz, who moved up five spots after becoming the first American man to reach a major final in 15 years.
𝓰Jack Draper, a 22-year-old from Britain, went from No. 25 to a career-best No. 20 thanks to his run to his first Slam semi-final appearance.
🔯After Swiatek, Sabalenka and Pegula, who went up three places to equal her career high, No. 4 Elena Rybakina and No. 5 Jasmine Paolini held their rankings.
🌺Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen stayed at No. 7, with Navarro next after going up from No. 13 with her best showing at a major tournament.
