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Movers Of The Week

#NextGenATP Michelsen cracks High 50, Mover of Week

ATPTour.com seems on the prime Movers of the Week within the PIF ATP Rankings, as of Monday 26 August 2024

August 26, 2024

The North American hard-court season continued apace final week on the Winston-Salem Open, the place Lorenzo Sonego overcame #NextGenATP Alex Michelsen within the closing to seal his fourth ATP Tour crown.

ATPTour.com seems on the movers within the PIF ATP Rankings as of Monday, 26 August.

No. 49 Alex Michelsen, +3 (Profession Excessive)
In the future shy of his twentieth birthday, Michelsen stepped on courtroom for his third ATP Tour closing on the Winston-Salem Open. Though the house favorite was comfortably defeated by Sonego on the ATP 250, he can look again on one other optimistic step in his profession forward of the US Open. Michelsen has risen three spots to a career-high No. 49 within the PIF ATP Rankings.

No. 48 Lorenzo Sonego, +10
Lorenzo Sonego turned simply the eleventh lively ATP Tour participant to win tour-level titles on out of doors laborious, indoor laborious, clay and grass with a dominant collection of shows in Winston-Salem. The Italian, who had not gained consecutive matches on laborious courts this yr previous to arriving in North Carolina, didn’t drop a set all week en path to clinching his first title for nearly two years.

No. 72 Shang Juncheng, +5 (Profession Excessive)
Chinese language star Shang notched his twentieth tour-level win of the yr towards Francisco Comesana within the first spherical in Winston-Salem, and that victory was sufficient to propel him 5 spots to a career-high World No. 72. The 19-year-old Shang has additionally consolidated third place within the PIF ATP Dwell Race To Jeddah: He stays 25 factors away from fourth-placed Jakub Mensik as he bids to qualify for the season-ending Subsequent Gen ATP Finals offered by PIF.

No. 78 David Goffin, +12
Former World No. 7 Goffin downed three seeded opponents in Winston-Salem en path to his first ATP Tour semi-final since April 2022. The Belgian overcame Luciano Darderi, Arthur Rinderknech and Rinky Hijikata earlier than falling to Sonego. Goffin has risen 12 spots to World No. 78, his highest PIF ATP Rating since April 2023, because of this.

No. 106 Christopher Eubanks, +14
Eubanks boosted his bid for a fast return to the High 100 with a quarter-final run in Winston-Salem. The house favorite prevailed towards Adam Walton, Hugo Gaston and Roman Safiullin earlier than he fell in a deciding-set tie-break to eventual finalist Michelsen.

Different Notable High 100 Movers
No. 21 Alejandro Tabilo, +1
No. 22 Karen Khachanov, +1
No. 60 Pavel Kotov, +3
No. 62 Rinky Hijikata, +3 (Profession Excessive)
No. 80 Zizou Bergs, +5
No. 91 Arthur Cazaux, +6