Irina-Camelia Begu Back In Top 100

Irina-Camelia Begu

MOVER OF THE WEEK

Mover of the week honors go to Irina-Camelia Begu.  She won an ITF tournament in Egypt over the weekend to give her some much-needed ranking points and more important, re-confirm her belief in her ability to win. When you have been losing more than winning, doubts creep in and you have to regain that confidence and belief that you can win tournaments. Unfortunately, that can only happen by winning and she has taken that first step by winning this smaller title.

Irina-Camelia Begu

In 2016, Begu was ranked as high as number twenty-two and like so many players, her ranking suffered as a result of injury and inconsistent level of play. Begu’s ranking just kept drifting down until she fell out of the top 100; however, at twenty-nine years old, the Romanian still has a few more years of quality tennis left and can potentially continue to climb back up the rankings. The question is whether or not she can compete at a consistently high enough level to challenge the crop of younger and more powerful players that currently are displacing the veterans?

RANKING CHANGES TOP 100

PLAYER RANKING CHANGE CURRENT RANK
Andreas Seppi (ITA) UP  18 80
Kyle Edmund (GBR) UP  17 45
Reilly Opelka (USA) DOWN  14 54
James Duckworth (AUS) UP  12 71                  CAREER HIGH
Casper Ruud (NOR) UP  11 34                  CAREER HIGH
Jannik Sinner (ITA) UP  11 68                  CAREER HIGH
   
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) UP  21 97
Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) UP  21 84
Anastasia Potapova (RUS) UP  20 81
Irina-Camelia Begu

ATP & WTA TOP 10 RANKING CHANGES

ATP: there were no changes in the rankings of the top ten members. Novak Djokovic continues to reign as the #1 player.

WTA: the top ten members remained the same; however, Belinda Bencic and Bianca Andreescu each moved up one spot to #4 and #5 respectively. Elina Svitolina fell two spots to #6 and Ashleigh Barty remains at #1.

SOURCE OF IMAGE: SERVE AND RALLY ORIGINALS

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