The battle for the Australian No.2 place within the ATP Tour singles rankings highlights the depth in our males’s recreation proper now.
Australia, 28 August 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Alex de Minaur is firmly entrenched contained in the world’s high 20, peaking at a brand new career-high of world No.12 earlier this month.
Behind him, there’s a fierce battle unfolding to be the Australian No.2 singles participant.
4 completely different gamers have held the Australian No.2 place prior to now month, highlighting distinctive depth final seen greater than 4 many years in the past.
This final occurred in late 1977 and early 1978, when the No.2 rating switched arms between Ken Rosewall, Tony Roche, John Alexander and Phil Dent in consecutive rating updates.
| Australian No.2 Males’s singles rankings | |
| Date | Participant (rating) |
| 31 July 2023 | Nick Kyrgios (No.35) |
| 7 August 2023 | Jordan Thompson (No.55) |
| 14 August 2023 | Aleksandar Vukic (No.48) |
| 21 August 2023 | Alexei Popyrin (No.40) |
Alexei Popyrin is the present Australian No.2. The 24-year-old rose to a career-high world No.40 final week after reaching his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal at Cincinnati.
It continues a formidable run for Popyrin, who lately grew to become the primary Australian in 14 years to win an ATP clay-court singles crown.
In mid-July, Popyrin was the ninth-ranked Australian at world No.90.
He’s not the one Australian man making main strikes.
Aleksandar Vukic and Max Purcell have made their top-50 debuts in latest weeks, whereas Jordan Thompson returned to the highest 50 for the primary time since March 2021.
Jason Kubler achieved a career-high rating of world No.63 earlier this season, whereas Chris O’Connell rose to a brand new peak of No.67 final month.
“It’s fairly unbelievable what number of now we have within the high 100 in the meanwhile,” Kubler stated.
“The most important factor with us, is how shut we’re. All of us grew up collectively and I’ve recognized a few of these guys since I used to be 12, 13 years previous.”
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This depth meant Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt and his teaching workforce confronted an unprecedentedly tough job to pick out a five-member workforce for the upcoming finals in Nice Britain.
“There’s been a variety of actually good performances, not solely in singles but in addition doubles, all year long,” Hewitt stated.
“It makes determination making for the Davis Cup workforce and the squad actually powerful, however that’s a place that myself, (Tony) Roche and Crabby (Jaymon Crabb) take pleasure in being in.
“We choose to have it that means over having restricted gamers to select from.”
> READ: De Minaur to guide Australian Davis Cup workforce at 2023 finals
This depth can be evident on the US Open, with 10 Australian males competing in the principle draw this fortnight.
This implies there’s loads of alternative – and wholesome competitors – to earn priceless rating factors in New York.
> READ: Seven Aussies in motion on day one at US Open 2023
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