Roger Federer could reclaim No. 1 in the ATP Rankings next week, but the Swiss might have a difficult path to the historic achievement at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. The top-seeded Federer needs to reach the semi-finals to return to the top spot for the first time since 4 November 2012. But the 36-year-old Swiss might have to beat his surging countryman Stan Wawrinka in the quarter-finals. View Draw Wawrinka is the fifth seed at the ATP World Tour 500 event, and appears to be well on his way to regaining top form. Wawrinka is in the semi-finals this week at the Diema Xtra Sofia Open in Bulgaria. Federer will face a qualifier in the first...
No. 29 Hyeon Chung, +29 The 21-year-old became the first South Korean player to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam championship. With back-to-back wins at the Australian Open over fourth seed Alexander Zverev and six-time former champion Novak Djokovic, Chung continued his great rise after winning the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in November 2017. He soars 29 places to a career-high No. 29 in the ATP Rankings. No. 3 Marin Cilic, +3 The Croatian star has moved to a career-high No. 3 after a sensational runner-up finish at the Australian Open. The final appearance was Cilic’s second in six months at Grand Slam level after also finishing runner-up to Roger Federer at The Championships at Wimbledon in July...
Roger Federer is within reach of the No. 1 ATP Ranking for the first time in over five years after successfully defending his Australian Open title at Melbourne Park on Monday. But he needs to act fast! Federer, who last held the top spot on 4 October 2012, moved to within 155 points of Rafael Nadal after claiming his 20th Grand Slam title and could dethrone Nadal as World No. 1 in early March when the ATP World Tour 500 events in Dubai and Acapulco conclude. On 5 March, Nadal will drop the 300 points he earned last year by reaching the Acapulco final (l. Querrey). Federer, who suffered a shock second-round loss to Evgeny Donksoy in the Dubai second...