Casper Ruud rises to number 5 in the world
Casper Ruud will be ranked as the world’s fifth best tennis player when the rankings are updated on Monday. He replaced Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas lost to former world number one Andy Murray in the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Stuttgart on Friday. Murray won the match in straight sets 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.
Ruud rose with it from sixth to fifth place. Norway has never been so high. Greece’s Tsitsipas must win the tournament to retain fifth place.
Tsitsipas has lost 1,200 points and has only gained 45 points in the rankings since last time out.
Ruud surprised many when he made it to the final of the Roland-Garros Grand Slam tournament in Paris last week. There was a loss for childhood hero Rafael Nadal in straight sets.
In late June, a third Grand Slam tournament of the season awaits at Wimbledon. Ruud came in as one of the top seeds in the sport’s most prestigious competition. He has never made it past the first round at Wimbledon but this year hopes to break that statistic on grass in London.
The next ranking will have Daniil Medvedev on top ahead of Alexander Zverev. Novak Djokovic was boosted from the top position to the third position.
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