Tennis: Hurkacz gets closer to the top 10 after his title in Shanghai News

Hubert Hurkacz, winner in Shanghai of his second Masters 1000, climbs Monday to the gates of the Top 10 (11th, 6) of an ATP ranking still dominated by the Serbian Novak Djokovic, ahead of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and the Russian Daniil Medvedev.

By winning the 7th title of his career on Sunday, Hurkacz, 26, is getting closer to his best ranking (9th) and can still hope to qualify for the Turin Masters, which will bring together the eight best players in the world in a month.

Although beaten by the Pole in the final, the Russian Andrey Rublev also took advantage of his good week to reach 5th place in the world (2) and get a little closer to Turin, the last objective of the season, he said.

As for the podium, it is unchanged, the trio Djokovic-Alcaraz-Medvedev maintaining a comfortable lead over the Italian Jannik Sinner. World number two, Alcaraz, however, missed the opportunity to get closer to the Serbian legend by being eliminated in the 3rd round of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai.

With two players in the Top 30, the French are rather smiling, in particular Ugo Humbert (29th, 5), quarter-finalist in China and who is putting pressure on French number one Adrian Mannarino (24th, -1). Arthur Fils, 19, continues his progression, in 38th place.

ATP rankings as of October 16:

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 11045 pts

2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 8805

3. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 7355

4. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 5000

5. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4765 ( 2)

6. Holger Rune (DEN) 4605 (-1)

7. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 4360 (-1)

8. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3685 ( 1)

9. Alexander Zverev (GER) 3460 ( 1)

10. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3410 (-2)

11. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 2900 ( 6)