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This is actually a week late ... but close enough.
Rankings Update
1. Mateo Kaspar(FRA, 23) -- 15,400
Kaspar's biggest issue right now is getting back to playing dominant tennis. He's a long ways away from being the slightest bit concerned about his lead in the rankings; nobody below him is emerging as a consistent threat anyway. It was pretty much assumed that he'd sweep the last few weeks and then we'd see what happened in the spring, the weakest part of the calendar for him. Hardcourt is supposed to be invincible, but not the last month.
2. Prakash Mooljee(SRI, 27) -- 9,250
Mooljee is still hanging on, but isn't far from slipping a spot or two. All signs still point to RG as the event where he'll sink or swim this year.
3. Johnny Browne(USA, 26) -- 8,710
Browne is knocking on the door, and has a chance to move up to #2 if he can produce any kind of clay results.
4. Gillo Fangio(ITA, 24) -- 7,800
Inconsistent, but Fangio is still gradually improving. He's got a much better clay game than Browne, and we'll see soon if he can defend last year's Madrid title.
5. Luc Janin(CAN, 25) -- 5,260
Ever the mystery, Janin's upset of Kaspar in Miami is the most impressive match played this year. His showing in the next round might be the most disappointing one. Who knows what we'll see from him.
6. Khasan Zakirov(UZB, 28) -- 4,470
7. Ariel Borja(USA, 23) -- 4,245
Borja is a credible performer on the dirt; he made the QF at RG last year but did little in the Masters. He's got a chance to add more points to his total here over the next couple of months. This is the point where greater consistency will be required.
8. Juan de los Santos(ESP, 26) -- 4,040
9. Tomas Niklas(CZE, 28) -- 3,520
10. Tiosav Srbulovic(USA, 26) -- 3,380
Nothing's really changed at the bottom here; Borja crashed the party and kicked out Dircx, who had risen briefly. He's still waiting along with Jolland just outside the Top 10. They'll be up her for an extended stay soon I think.
21. Shreya Ujjaval
Still hanging around, pretty steady at about this spot.
67. Ritwik Dudwadkar
After a QF exit in tier-2 Santiago, Dudwadkar won both titles at Marrakech. That concludes another group of events for him and he'll take almost two months off now. After that, he's pretty much done with doubles for the time being. The training over that period will help, but he's also slowly gaining momentum and can't afford to keep going deep into the doubles draw which he's doing more and more. It's time to make the switch, and hopefully a big charge up the rankings in the year's second half.
186. Anil Mehul
Mehul won't have a singles ranking at all before too much longer. He's up to #5 in doubles though, just ahead of a couple of teams. Securing that position and setting his sights on the top two pairs is on deck next.
149(J). Sushant Chiba
Chiba just finished taking both titles at the tier-4 event in Algiers. He can't get many more points at this level than he already has, but he's still getting his hat handed to him by Top 200 juniors in practice so he's not ready for a promotion yet. As soon as that changes, he'll push up to the tier-3 tournaments.
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