Rafael Nadal climbs to No 4 in ATP Rankings after 14th French Open win; Ruud, Cilic too advance

The
Roland
Garros
runner
up
Casper
Ruud
jumped
to
career-high
No
6.

The
Spaniard
has
climbed
to
No
4
spot
in
the
ATP
Rankings
after
he
captured
a
historic
14th
Roland
Garros
title
and
record-extending
22nd
Grand
Slam
trophy
in
Paris
last
week.

The
36-year-old
is
the
oldest
men’s
champion
in
the
history
of
the
clay
court
tournament
and
has
now
moved
level
with
countryman
Carlos
Alcaraz
on
a
Tour
leading
four
titles
in
2022.

Ruud,
the
23-year-old
from
Norway,
jumped
to
a
career-high
No
6
after
he
became
the
first
Norwegian
man
to
reach
the
final
at
a
Grand
Slam
following
his
campaign
at
Roland
Garros
2022.

While
World
No.
1
Novak
Djokovic
remained
at
the
top
of
the
rankings
chart
with
8770
points
despite
defeat
in
the
quarterfinals
of
French
Open
2022
at
the
hand
of
Nadal.

Croatian
Marin
Cilic
has
jumped
back
in
the
Top
20
on
the
back
of
his
standout
run
in
Paris.
The
33-year-old
stunned
World
No
2
Daniil
Medvedev
en
route
to
the
semifinals.

Medvedev
remained
in
the
second
spot
with
8160
while
Alexander
Zverev,
with
7795
points
stayed
in
the
third
place.

Holger
Rune
continued
to
make
waves
at
Roland
Garros,
becoming
the
first
Danish
man
to
progress
to
the
quarter-finals
at
a
Grand
Slam
in
the
Open
Era.

The
19-year-old,
who
grasped
his
maiden
tour-level
trophy
in
Munich
in
April,
earned
the
second
Top
10
victory
of
his
career
when
he
downed
World
No
5
Stefanos
Tsitsipas
in
the
fourth
round.

Nadal
could
be
attempting
to
capture
his
3rd
Wimbledon
title
later
this
month.
The
last
time
Nadal
won
at
the
All
England
club
was
in
2010,
but
an
update
on
his
knee
injury
is
awaited
and
his
participation
in
the
tournament
is
depended
on
that.