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RANKINGS. Tsitsipas, Sinner, Schwartzman move up. Nadal no improvement after French Open triumph

Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jannik Sinner, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman are the big winners in the rankings after the Roland Garros.

Alex Boyden

12 October 2020

Sinner Tsitsipas And Schwartzman Ranknigs

After a rather interesting edition of the Roland Garros that saw Rafael Nadal winning his 13th title, there are some interesting movements in the rankings especially with Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jannik Sinner, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman. Rafa stayed no.2.

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Now the world no.5 (career-high), Stefanos gained 1 place in the rankings after Paris. He played his last match on the 9^th of October when he lost to Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-2 5-7 4-6 6-1 in the semifinal of the French Open.

Stefanos had the chance to beat Novak so as to get closer to Roger Federer that is no.4, but that didn’t happen as an injury halted t’ comeback against Djokovicn injury.

This year Tsitsipas has a 25-10 win-loss record. The Greek conquered 1 title in Marseille. Tsitsipas got to the final in Dubai and in Hamburg.

Jannik Sinner in 2020

Currently the world no.46 (career-high), the Italian played his last match on the 6^th of October when he capitulated to Rafael Nadal 7-6⁴ 6-4 6-1 in the quarter of the French Open.

Jannik is probably the player that has impressed the most against the great Rafael Nadal. The Italian had the chance to serve for the 1st set and he was leading 3-1 in the second.

Nevertheless, after his fantastic French Open, Jannik gains 29 places in the rankings to finally break in the top50. However, the impression is that he is already playing like a top20 player (at least).

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1. The last time that they locked horns, Jannik Sinner won 6-1 6-7⁹ 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 16^th of September 2020.

Here the highlights.

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in 2020

Ranked no.8 (career-high), the Argentine played his last match on the 9^th of October when he was defeated by Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-3 7-6⁰ in the semifinal of the French Open.

Diego seemed to be the biggest threat to Rafa Nadal after he defeated the King of Clay in Rome. However, he couldn’t do much against the world no.2 in Paris. Still reaching the French Open’s semifinals allowed him to go up 6 places in the rankings and finally break in the top10.

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman’s best result of the present year was reaching the final in Cordoba and Rome.

Rafael Nadal in 2020

Ranked no.2, Nadal played his last match on the 11^th of October when he beat Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-2 7-5 in the final of the French Open to win his 86^th career title.

The Spanish sensation didn’t advance in the rankings as he was the defending champion in Paris. Still, he might not be very interested anymore in becoming the new world no.1

Currently, this season the Spaniard has a 22-4 win-loss record. Nadal conquered 2 titles in 2020 in Acapulco and at the French Open.

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman and Rafael Nadal played each other 11 times. The head to head is 10-1 for Nadal. The last time that they squared off, Rafael Nadal won 6-3 6-3 7-6⁰ in the semifinal in Paris (French Open) on the 9^th of October 2020.

In the video below you can watch the highlights.