Claire Liu had a very productive and rewarding weekend. The twenty-one year old, won the WTA 125 tournament held in Paris. En route to this title she took out the often dangerous, Kaia Kanepi, who was seeded number one.
Liu Playing Well On Clay Before Roland Garros
Claire Liu was upsetting the seeds left and right and that included the third and fourth seeds. This is a good result for the American, with Roland Garros six days away. Hopefully, she will be playing since she was ranked out of the top hundred and may not have gotten a direct entry. I did not see her name in the draw for the qualifying rounds.
Embed from Getty ImagesWill Claire Liu Be In The Main Draw?
If she is in the main draw, this title should serve her well since she won five of her six matches in straight sets. Therefore, she should be okay for any upcoming battles at the French Open. This was the first significant title for the American.
Ranking Changes In The ATP & WTA Top 100
| ATP | RANKING CHANGES | CURRENT RANK |
| Federico Delbonis (ARG) | DOWN 23 | 62 |
| Quentin Halys (FRA) | UP 14 | 86 CAREER HIGH |
| Dominik Koepfer (GER) | DOWN 14 | 89 |
| Daniel Altmaier (GER) | UP 12 | 54 CAREER HIGH |
| Marcos Giron (USA) | UP 11 | 49 CAREER HIGH |
| Kei Nishikori (JPN) | DOWN 10 | 84 |
| WTA | RANKING CHANGES | CURRENT RANK |
| Claire Liu (USA) | UP 26 | 92 |
| Petra Martic (CRO) | DOWN 23 | 70 |
| Bianca Andreescu (CAN) | UP 18 | 72 |
| Xinyu Wang (CHN) | UP 14 | 75 CAREER HIGH |
| Lauren Davis (USA) | UP 12 | 90 |
| Mayar Sherif (EGY) | UP 12 | 50 CAREER HIGH |
ATP & WTA Top Ten Ranked Players
ATP: There were some reshufflings in the rankings, but all the members remained the same. [1] Novak Djokovic; [2] Daniil Medvedev; [3] Alexander Zverev; and [4] Stefanos Tsitsipas are the top four ranked men this week.
WTA: There were minimal changes amongst the top ten, Ons Jabeur climbed to #6 and Karolina Pliskova fell to #8. The top four members are still: [1] Iga Swiatek; [2] Barbora Krejcikova; [3] Paula Badosa; and [4] Maria Sakkari.
Embed from Getty ImagesTop 4 American Men And Women
Taylor Fritz continues to lead the way at number fourteen. Reilly Opelka comes in second at number eighteen. John Isner takes the third spot at number twenty-six, with Frances Tiafoe coming in fourth at number twenty-seven. The last American man in the top ten was John Isner in 2019 on May 27th, at number ten.
Danielle Collins takes the first spot at number nine. Jessica Pegula takes the second spot at number eleven. Cori “Coco” Gauff and Madison Keys take the third and four spots at number eighteen and twenty-three, respectively.
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