Angelique Kerber manages to, in spite of their defeat against the Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova, again among the Top Three in the Tennis world, fight its way. Another German, however, falls to a couple of places.
She is back in the Top Three: Despite the fact that the US Open was already in round three of the end of the line, climbs Angelique Kerber in the world ranking one place up. After the 30-Year-old two years ago, had successfully beaten at the Australian and US Open, the last season was rather disappointing for you: you won no tournament and slipped in the world ranking list from rank one to rank 21. At the US Open she was a year ago in round one against this year’s winner Naomi Osaka excreted. The Japanese, after their success as a Seventh, for the first time among the top Ten in the world. Kerber is now third, behind the Danish Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki. At the top of the Romanian-French Open champion Simona Halep is still, in spite of their first-round Out of New York.
Not among the best Ten in the world Julia Görges. The 29-Year-old stands, after their defeat in the second round of the US Open, now two places lower on rank eleven.
Zverev down, Djokovic up
Also, the former world number four Alexander Zverev slips one place backwards. Reason: his third round in New York. As the big winner of the ranking Serb Novak Djokovic, the collected after his final victory, Flushing Meadows against Argentina’s Martin del Potro in three places. He extruded his opponent from the third place in the world rankings and is once again one of the Top Three, closely behind the Swiss Roger Federer, currently the world’s best tennis player Rafael Nadal from Spain. The second best German Philipp Kohlschreiber is on place 36.
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