Camila Giorgi should have been the mover of the week; however, I decided at the last minute to make Nuria Parrizas Diaz the mover of the week. What makes this player so interesting to me is that she has persevered outside the top hundred since 2011.
Nuria Parrizas Diaz Makes The Top 100
At the age of thirty, she gets to a career high of ninety-six. She won three consecutive ITF events at the beginning of this season. Then she won three more, making it six ITF events won in 2021. What made her persevere when the results were missing despite her putting the work? Why did she persist ten years later without breaking into the top hundred or winning a WTA tour title? Only Nuria Parrizas Dias knows the answer to these questions.
Yet, I commend her for persevering. She has a goal and remains committed despite the obstacles. Thirty is the new twenty and if she stays healthy, perhaps she will get that first WTA title.
Embed from Getty ImagesTop 100 ATP & WTA Ranking Changes
| ATP | TOP 100 | RANKING CHANGES |
| James Duckworth (AUS) | UP 16 | 69 CAREER HIGH |
| WTA | TOP 100 | RANKING CHANGES |
| Camila Giorgi (ITA) | UP 38 | 33 |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) | DOWN 35 | 80 |
| Madison Keys (USA) | DOWN 16 | 42 |
| Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) | UP 15 | 96 CAREER HIGH |
| Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) | DOWN 13 | 86 |
| Anastasia Potapova (RUS) | UP 13 | 87 |
| Amanda Anisimova (USA) | UP 12 | 74 |
| Kaia Kanepi (EST) | UP 12 | 69 |
| Fiona Ferro (FRA) | UP 11 | 73 |
| Jil Teichmann (SUI) | DOWN 11 | 76 |
| Arantxa Rus (NED) | UP 10 | 70 |
ATP & WTA Top 10 Rankings
ATP: The top ten members remained the same this week, with Novak Djokovic remaining at #1.
WTA: the top three players remained the same. Karolina Pliskova moved up two spots to #4. Sofia Kenin, Elina Svitolina, and Iga Swiatek each moved down one spot to #5, #6, and #8 respectively. Bianca Andreescu moved up one spot to #7 and Ashleigh Barty is still #1.
FYI: Venus Williams is ranked #147.
Top Ranked Americans
THE TOP 4 RANKED AMERICAN MEN: Reilly Opelka [23]; John Isner [26]; Taylor Fritz [42]; and Sebastian Korda [45]. The last American man to be in the top ten was John Isner in May 2019.
THE TOP 4 RANKED AMERICAN WOMEN: Sofia Kenin [4]; Jennifer Brady [16]; Serena Williams [21]; and Cori “Coco” Gauff [24].
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