ATP Rankings Update: Shelton edges de Minaur in fifth, Majchrzak debuts in top 50 after ATP title as Opelka and Hurkacz drop out of top 100

A number of top talents took centre stage as the grass swing is now the priority on the ATP Tour. While there were tournaments occurring in Germany and the Netherlands, not a lot of significant movement occurred in the ATP rankings. Despite this, there are still some significant story lines.

It was relatively quiet at the top of the rankings. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz remain first and second with them not competed. Alexander Zverev had a week off following his maiden Grand Slam title. Felix Auger-Aliassime remains in fourth with Ben Shelton keeping fifth spot after his title at the Stuttgart Open. Alex de Minaur was also in a final, but failure to win the Libema Open s-Hertogenbosch sees him sit only 10 points behind.

A semi-final for Daniil Medvedev sees him climb above Novak Djokovic who slips to eighth. Taylor Fritz failed to defend his title in Stuttgart after a tense final against Shelton. He remains ahead of Flavio Cobolli in 10th.

Lorenzo Musetti, Jakub Mensik and Luciano Darderi naturally move up a spot thanks to 40 points coming off the tally of Karen Khachanov who drops to 18th. In truth, despite there being two ATP 250 tournaments on, movement is very limited. Matteo Arnaldi rise above Ugo Humbert into 33rd despite not playing.

The big winner came in the form of Kamil Majchrzak. He got the better of de Minaur in s-Hertogenbosch for a first ATP title. He was the Polish number one beforehand, but now he has made sure that there is no chance of that changing for a while. Into a new career high of 47th in the world, he defeated the top three seeds enroute to that breakthrough title.

Right behind him, Zizou Bergs is one of the big losers after an eight place drop leaves him in 48th. A number of players benefit from Zachary Svajda dropping to 69th while a +11 rise for Jesper de Jong occurred after winning a Challenger title in Cattolica.

Young talent Dino Prizmic loses 12 positions and falls to 82nd. That is nothing compared to Gabriel Diallo. The reigning Libema Open champion, most of the points earned from that triumphant run came off after a defeat in the early stages of his title run. Marco Trungelliti is also at risk of falling out of the top 100 soon. A drop of 12 places leaves him 92nd.

Some notable names drop out of the top 100. This is in the form of Reilly Opelka and Hubert Hurkacaz who are now 102nd and 103rd and very much off the pace.

(as per livetennis.eu)