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Old 09-03-2015, 07:47 PM   #120
Brian Swartz
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Join Date: May 2006
Top Ten Rankings Update

1. Bjorn Benda(26, DEU) -- 12,580

After completing the 'channel Slam' with his first major title off of the red clay, Benda's place at the top is all but assured until next year.

2. Antonin Iglar(23, CZE) -- 10,350

Iglar's time is coming -- just not yet, it appears.

3. Mick Elder(29, USA) -- 7,195

With three semifinals in as many Slams this year, Elder is the 'best of the rest'.

4. David Almagro(29, ESP) -- 7,070

5. Perry Hogue(26, USA) -- 6,890

So close to his first Wimbledon final ... it was still unquestionably his best moment of the year so far.

6. David Alvarez(27, ESP) -- 5,495

The third of Spain's 'Trio of Davids' took advantage of Alastra's absence to fill the void as the #2 player right now on clay. Better late than never. For him this moment in the sun will last however long it can, probably until he is unseated by next Spanish clay warrior -- Marcel Bahana -- in a couple of years.

7. David Prieto(30, ESP) -- 4,920

8. Viktor Goncharenko(27, RUS) -- 4,820

Looking like a certain one-slam-wonder, Goncharenko sinks back to where he's spent most of his career; on the edge of elite status, but not quite there.

9. Evgeni Topolski(26, RUS) -- 4,760

10. Anil Mehul(24, SRI) -- 4,430

The big news here is really that Benda and Iglar have completely separated themselves from the pack. They are in class by themselves, with everyone else squabbling over the leftovers.

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