Rankings update 12th July, 2010
12 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
Here’s a round-up of the rankings from ATP and WTA after events in Newport, Budapest, and Bastad.
Top 25 in mens rankings remain unchanged. Ernests Gulbis moves up one place to 28, because others around him lost points. Ernests has 1,414 points.
Newport winner Mardy Fish moves up 30 places from 79 to 49. Runner-up Olivier Rochus advances 4 places to 61. Surprise semi-finalist Richard Bloomfield leapt from 552 to 292!! Congratulations Richard!
What of the other Latvians? Andis Juška is currently ranked 317, a slight drop of 5 places. Karlis Lejnieks making a successful comeback after injury stands at 539, Adrians Zguns 626, Deniss Pavlovs at 937.
In Doubles Latvia have 3 players in the top 320, Andis at 169, Ernests at 220, and Deniss 312.
The WTA rankings show Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki swapping places, Venus at 3, Caroline at 4. Bastad winner Aravane Rezai of France moves just inside the top 20. Finalist Giselka Dulko rises to 43. Agnes Szavay defended her Budapest points and title successfully, and remains at 49. Runner-up Patty Schnyder remains at 56th.
Latvia’s top player Anastasija Sevastova falls to 64th (-5 places).
Latvian players-ranking update week commencing 14th June
14 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
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Each time a ranking list is available I will publish it right here,these are usually updated every Monday(except during Grand Slams) when they are issued prior to and after them.
Ernests is still solidly in Top 30,currently at 29. Should he decide to participate at Wimbledon next week,he will be seeded for sure. The Top 32 players are allocated seeding spots in every Grand Slam.
The rest of the Latvian players singles rankings are listed here. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Singles.aspx?d=14.06.2010&c=LAT&r=0
The Latvians also have a healthy representation of players in doubles. Their rankings are listed here. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Doubles.aspx?d=14.06.2010&c=LAT&r=0
Info on the other Latvian males who currently compete on Challenger and Futures circuit(2nd and 3rd Tier of tournaments on mens Tour) will follow.
Latvia’s top woman player is Anastasija Sevastova. She is currently ranked 56th,and is having her best ever year on the WTA Tour. She is 20 years old,resides in Vienna,and comes from Liepaja(the 3rd biggest city) in Latvia. In May this year,she won her first Tour singles title at Estoril (d. top seed Szavay and No.7 seed Peng en route to final, then d. Parra Santonja for title); first Latvian woman to win a Tour singles title in 17 years (1993 Schenectady – Savchenko).
