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In the week that the European indoor tour will begin and the challengers continue for South Americathis Monday, the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) published the new world ranking. The update indicates that Francisco Comesaña has entered the top 100 again, and now there are seven Argentines on that list, led by Sebastian Baez.
If you look at the ranking by countries with players within the top 100, Argentina is in third position, behind powers such as France (10), Italia (9), USA (9) y Australia (9).
The locals have the mission of defending the points achieved last season to climb further places. The best national racket, Báez, is ranked number 27. The 23-year-old player has 1,728 points and only defends 55 until the end of 2024so it could close the year near the top 20.
Francisco Cerúndolo appears in position 31 with 1,470 points and, until the end of the season, he must obtain 90 units that he obtained in the Paris Masters 1000 2023where they defeated the local team, Gael Monfils and to Norwegian Casper Ruud. In the round of 16, he lost in straight sets against the Pole Hubert Hurkacz.
Tomás Etcheverry is in 35th place with 1,375 units. The player from La Plata has the mission of getting at least 135 points, since in 2023 he reached the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 Baselwhere he surpassed the American, Sebastian Korda and to the british Andy Murray. In the quarterfinals, he said goodbye at the hands of the Dane, Holger Rune. And at the last Masters last year in the French capital, he reached the second round.
Mariano Navone is the player who broke into the top 100 this year. In February, he was a finalist for Rio ATP 500jumping 53 boxes to reach position 60. Currently, He is number 38 and must defend 125 points of the title in the Santa Fe Challenger 2 and the final in Lima.
Faced with an irregular season due to bone edema that prevented him from playing Roland Garros and the Paris Olympic Games, Facundo Díaz Acosta is located in the location 67 with 830 points. By the end of the year it has to achieve 116 units added in 2023 between the Challenger de Montevideo and the quarterfinals of Guayaquil.
For the conquest of the title Challenger in Buenos AiresComesaña returned to the Top 100. Its best position was 87th place in the month of May and, currently, it is in the 94 with 611 units. For the remainder of the year, your task will be to reach 44 points.
The last of the batch of 100 is Federico Coria. The native of Rosarioranked 98th in the world and with 591 points, will seek to keep pace with his compatriots: must defend 32 units.
Those who appear in the first positions outside the top 100 are: Camilo Ugo Carabelli, who with obtaining the title in the AAT Challenger Villa María edition advanced eight places and was ranked 104; Thiago Tirante, in 121; Roman Burruchaga, 130; Facundo Bagnis, 134; Marco Trungelliti, 136; Juan Manuel Cerúndolo, 151; Federico Gómez, 157; Facundo Mena, 197; Juan Pablo Ficovich, 204; Andrea Collarini, 205, Santiago Rodríguez Taverna, 226; Juan Bautista Torres, 287; and Pedro Cachin, 291.
In the doubles ranking, Máximo González and Andrés Molteni They lost this Sunday the final of the Shanghai Masters 1000 against the croat Nikola Mektić and the Dutchman Wesley Koolhof for a double 6-4. The couple, which was already confirmed by Guillermo Coria to compete in the Davis Cup quarterfinals, is in 10th place, with 2,925 points. He still has a chance to qualify for the ATP Finals for the second consecutive season.
