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Top Ten Rankings Update
1. Antonin Iglar(CZE, 28) -- 14,230
A narrow loss in the Australian Open final is his only blemish this year. His lead has decreased, but it's still a pretty big cushion.
2. Anil Mehul(SRI, 29) -- 11,340
A great start to the year for Mehul, who looks much better than he did this time last season. He's a stellar 26-2 to start the year.
3. Bjorn Benda(DEU, 30) -- 9,610
A little more consistent to start this year than last. Still a top 5 player pretty much anywhere.
4. Girish Girsh(SRI, 25) -- 8,020
Basically treading water. He hasn't started this year as well as he finished the last one.
5. Pierce Gaskell(USA, 28) -- 5,140
Sort of in no-man's land right now, Gaskell can rarely challenge the top players but is much better than anyone else.
6. Cestmir Marcek(CZE, 31) -- 4,620
Gradually losing his grip.
7. Thiago Herrera(PER, 27) -- 4,240
Thiago is just sort of hanging out with solid but not impressive results. He'll probably pick up another spot but he's not getting any better.
8. Radek Smitala(USA, 27) -- 3,935
Smitala's moment has come and gone; he could be out of the Top 10 by year's end.
9. Mugur Kinczllers(ITA, 26) -- 3,420
Not good enough yet to grab a better placement, Kinczllers is waiting for it to be handed to him. It will, eventually, but he's pretty much peaked in terms of his ability so he's probably never going to crack the Top 5.
10. Gustavo Caratti(ARG, 25) -- 3,125
Caratti seems primed for a big move on clay. He only had one good result out of the three big events last year, and is probably the guy who will eventually dethrone Benda on the surface. If not this year, soon.
Elias Trulsen(13th) and Theodore Boudret(14th) have been moving steadily upwards, while Farkas tumbles. They could push into the Top 10 later in the year, but they've got some distance to go yet and it's over 500 points that Caratti has on the rest of the field right now. Should be a pretty stable group at least until the summer.
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