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Top Ten Rankings Update
1. Antonin Iglar(27, CZE) -- 14,970
Iglar is just being ridiculous this year. It could be his best year ever; he is presently 70-3, and while he may be challenged on the indoor courts at the end of the year, that's even a dubious possibility at this point. Right now he's pretty much even overall with Oliver Haresign for the final spot on the All-Time Mount Rushmore. More detail on that at the end of the year, but Iglar's victories in Canada and Cincinatti moved him up to a 4th-place tie with 23 Masters Shields, and there's no sign he's slowing down.
2. Anil Mehul(28, SRI) -- 10,510
Mehul is a very distant second right now, and for the first time in years doesn't even look like the second-best player in the world anymore.
3. Bjorn Benda(30, DEU) -- 8,450
The upsets are getting a little more common all the time.
4. Girsh Girsh(25, SRI) -- 6,810
It's been a great month for Girsh; not long enough to convince anybody it's more than a blip, but only Iglar has been better since Wimbledon. Two big finals in less than a month has him poised to not just hold onto the fourth spot, but eventually push higher.
5. Cestmir Marcek(30, CZE) -- 5,670
Marcek's level has definitely fallen off, at least in terms of consistency, leaving the WTC among other things wide-open this year.
6. Pierce Gaskell(28, USA) -- 5,290
7. Radek Smitala(27, USA) -- 4,450
It's hard to tell which of the Americans is really the better player at this point.
8. Thiago Herrera(27, PER) -- 4,090
9. Gustavo Caratti(25, ARG) -- 3,295
Still gradually moving up, Caratti has a bad case of not being able to say no to playing a ridiculous amount of tournaments. If this continues, he'll basically end up being a Gaskell clone -- good, but not as good as he could have been .
10. Mugur Kinczllers(25, ITA) -- 3,130
With Kinczllers up as well as it was predicted would eventually happen, Generation Flash is finally making it's move. Better late than never I guess. Somebody had to replace Mockler, and he's better than the rest of those chasing.
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