ATP Rankings Update: Jannik Sinner remains well clear as Demon De Minaur rises after Washington title

The ATP Rankings have been updated after the latest week of action with the DC Open taking place in Washington and there have been rises inside the top 10 as a result of the latest week.

Alex de Minaur was crowned the champion and fought back from 5-2 down in the third set to take down Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(3) in the US capital. It was a teary affair with De Minaur going over to Davidovich Fokina and sitting with him to console him after he had just lost the final. It saw De Minaur go back into the top 10 from 13th to 8th.

For ADF, it was another painful loss in a final as he is now 0-4 in ATP Title matches and now has had match points in multiple including Delray Beach in February. The 26-year-old Spaniard has moved up seven spots to a new career high of 19th so amid the emotional toll that the defeat took on him he can look up into a top 20 debut.

While Ben Shelton in reaching the last four also achieved a new feat. He has climbed into a career-best ranking moving up from eighth to seventh. Corentin Moutet too made the last four and is up into 46th. A highest ranking for the Frenchman who has long been a bit of a tennis showman but not produced the tennis to back it up. But he reached the latter stages in DC and he has gone from World No.59 up towards the top 40.

Lorenzo Musetti though slipped. He has had a superb year thus far but lost out early in Washington having been a runner-up in Umag last year in the same week. Francisco Cerundolo also floundered as a result of Umag falling from 19th to 24th after his title defence ended in an opening match defeat. He is often clutch on this surface so it was slightly strange to see him lose so early. Luciano Darderi though sealed the title in Umag and he has moved up 11 spots to World No.35 having also won Bastad last week. Carlos Taberner who lost to Darderi in the final is up 27 spots to a new high ranking of World No.84.

Alexander Bublik also made it back-to-back clay court titles as he won in Kitzbuhel and beat Arthur Cazaux in the final. He is up from 30th to 25th and continues to rise. In a similar vein to Moutet he has gone from showman to showman but with consistent form. Albeit he has to now go from clay two weeks running to hard courts playing in Canada and Cincinnati over the next two weeks. So it will be intriguing to see how he does.

Cazaux though who he felled in the final has surged 25 spots for reaching his maiden career final. But the big loser out of Kitzbuhel was the champion last year Matteo Berrettini who couldn't defend it due to injury and drops from 42nd to 57th.

At the top of the shop, it is still very much Jannik Sinner's world as he sets up a thrilling back end to the season which sees the Italian on top as he aims to defend the US Open title. Carlos Alcaraz will aim to win yet another major to try and snare away top spot from the Italian who has reigned supreme all season despite the fact that he has barely played for the vast majority up until May.

Alexander Zverev failed to take advantage and he is now looking for answers when it comes to his coaching team. While Taylor Fritz and Jack Draper need to defend big points at the US Open. It is a big week for Zverev and Fritz in particular in Canada who will be the leading lights amid absences for the top names. So how it transpires after Flushing Meadows is still an interesting conundrum.