Nadal rises to number 2 and fully enters the Race to Turin

Despite the setback caused by the defeat in front of his audience and at his home at the Serbia Open, Novak Djokovic remains at the top of the ATP ranking for another week, where a tyranny that already lasts 318 weeks continues to increase, the last 42 (not counting the stoppage) consecutively.

Djokovic consolidates at the top of the ranking with 11,963 points and leads Rafa Nadal by more than 2,150, that this week he regains second position with 9,810 points after his victory at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. In this way Nadal surpasses Russian Daniil Medvedev, third right now with 9,700 points.

Another of the great beneficiaries of the week is the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who with his runner-up in the Conde de Godó already has 7,980 points and is less than 400 points behind Dominic Thiem's ​​fourth place, fourth with 8,365.

Another great novelty in the Top-10 is that the fight to get into the top ten after the victory of Matteo Berrettini at the Serbia Open, which allows the Italian to occupy the tenth place with 3,568 points, leading by almost 500 to the Spanish Roberto Bautista and Pablo Carreño (which this week surpasses Goffin), who remain one more week at the gates of the first positions of the classification.

ATP Rankings as of April 26, 2021

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 11,963 points

2. Rafa Nadal (ESP) 9,810

3. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 9,700

4. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 8,365

5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 7,980

6. Alexander Zverev (ALE) 6,125

7. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 6,000

8. Roger Federer (SUI) 5,875

9. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 3,765

10. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 3,568

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11. Roberto Bautista (ESP) 3.090

12. Pablo Carreño (ESP) 3.015 (win 1)

46. ​​Albert Ramos (ESP) 1,405

48. Alejandro Davidovich (ESP) 1,295

60. Feliciano López (ESP) 1,062

71. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 975

80. Pablo Andújar (ESP) 935

88. Jaume Munar (ESP) 884

93. Roberto Carballés (ESP) 819

100. Pedro Martínez (ESP) 803

Nadal enters the fight for the ATP Finals in Turin

The victory at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell also puts Rafa Nadal in the fight for a place at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin at the end of the season. With his title in the Count of Godó. Nadal adds 500 points that right now allow him climb to eighth position in the 'Race' with 1,040 points, making him the last of the eight classified tennis players.

In this classification Stefanos Tsitsipas increases his leadership even more with 2,840 points against Andrey Rublev (2,490) and Novak Djokovic (2,320), while young tennis players like Hubert Hurkacz (sixth with 1,440) or Jannik Sinner (seventh with 1,220) remain in that fight to enter the dispute for the title of teacher. A battle in which Roberto Bautista also wants to be, tenth this week with 900 points and 140 from the barrier that Rafa Nadal sets right now.

Race to Turin on April 26, 2020

1. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 2,840

2. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 2,490

3. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2,320

4. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 2,130

5. Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 1,505

6. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 1,440

7. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 1,220

8. Rafa Nadal (ESP) 1,040

9. Alexander Zverev (ALE) 1,025

10. Roberto Bautista (ESP) 900

Barty extends his lead and Muguruza remains close to the Top-10

The Australian Ashleigh Barty consolidates in the first position of the WTA ranking after her victory this week in the Stuttgart tournament. Barty leads Naomi Osaka by almost 2,000 points and Simona Halep, her closest pursuers, by more than 2,600. The entry of Kiki Bertens is the main novelty this week in a Top-10 of which Grabiñe Muguruza, thirteenth, is less than 300 points.

WTA Ranking as of April 26, 2021

1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 9,655 points

2. Naomi Osaka (JAP) 7,800

3. Simona Halep (RUM) 7,050

4. Sofia Kenin (USA) 5,915

5. Elina Svitolina (UCR) 5,835

6. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 5,265

7. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 5,205

8. Serena Williams (USA) 4,850

9. Karolina Pliskova (RCH) 4,660

10. Kiki Bertens (NED) 4,405

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13. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4,120

46. ​​Sara Sorribes (ESP) 1,590

62. Paula Badosa (ESP) 1,284

93. Carla Suarez (ESP) 872