You can never count anyone out at a tennis tournament. After years of struggling to find her singles form, thirty-three-year-old Shuai Zhang found it in Lyon. More recognized these days as a doubles player, Zhang with various partners has won eleven doubles titles. She has two major doubles titles to her name: 2021 US Open and 2019 Australian Open. Zhang won both majors with partner Samantha Stosur.
Shuai Zhang Gets Mover Of The Week Honors
About five years ago, Zhang won her second singles title in Guangzhou. Her first title in singles was also in Guangzhou in 2013. Thus, this title in Lyon is all the more special for Shuai Zhang. Hope she can keep this form throughout the rest of the 2022 season. She was once ranked as high as number twenty-three in 2016. Can she get back into the top twenty?
Embed from Getty ImagesTop 100 Ranked ATP & WTA Changes
| ATP | RANKING CHANGES | CURRENT RANK |
| Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) | DOWN 24 | 100 |
| Marton Fucsovics (HUN) | DOWN 13 | 48 |
| WTA | RANKING CHANGES | CURRENT RANK |
| Shuai Zhang (CHN) | UP 23 | 41 |
| Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) | DOWN 16 | 72 |
| Marie Bouzkova (CZE) | DOWN 16 | 97 |
| Viktorija Golubic (SUI) | DOWN 16 | 51 |
ATP & WTA Top 10 Players
ATP: there were a few minor changes, Jannik Sinner is back in the top ten at #10; he displaces Hubert Hurkacz. The top four players are: [1] Daniil Medvedev; [2] Novak Djokovic; [3] Alexander Zverev; and [4] Rafael Nadal.
WTA: there were some reshufflings amongst the top ten members, but there were no new members. The top four members are: [1] Ashleigh Barty; [2] Barbora Krejcikova; [3] Aryna Sabalenka; and [4] Iga Swiatek.
Top 4 American Men And Women
[17] Reilly Opelka; [20] Taylor Fritz; [23] John Isner; and [30] Frances Tiafoe. The last American man to be in the top ten was John Isner in May 2019.
[11] Danielle Collins; [17] Cori “Coco” Gauff; [19] Jessica Pegula; and [29] Madison Keys.
Serena Williams at forty years old, is currently ranked #236. Venus Williams at forty-one years old, is ranked #470. Question of the year: How many of you think that the Williams sisters are done with tennis?
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