Diallo Cracks Top 100, Race to Turin Update
Posted by Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday October 21, 2024
Canada Gabriel Diallo he was rewarded for reaching the ATP finals last week with a new Top 100 ranking on Monday.
The 23-year-old from Montreal jumps 31 places to No.87, and becomes the fourth ATP player to make a Top 100 debut after the US Open, along with Great Britain’s Jacob Fearnley, who -Alexander Ritchard from Switzerland and BuYunchaokete from China.
Diallo became the seventh Canadian man to reach the ATP finals in Almaty last week. He achieved four Top 100s along the way, including a win at No. 23 Alejandro Tabilo and No.31-ranked Francisco Cerundolo.
Diallo has now won 28 of his last 36 matches at all levels since his run to the Chicago Challenger title in July.
He is one of six ATP players to achieve a new top ranking within the Top 100 this week, along with Jack Draper (18), Shang Juncheng (47), Zizou Bergs (68), Alexandre Muller (68) and Fearnley (92).
A new career high in the ATP Top 100
18. Drive
47. Shang
65. Bergs
68. Muller
87. Diallo
92. Fearnley— José Morgado (@josemorgado) October 20, 2024
Race To Turin Update
With three weeks to go until the ATP Finals in Turin, the Top 10 saw no changes.
Casper Ruud (3,845) and Andrei Rublev (3,670) currently occupy the last two spots, but Alex de Minaur (3,355) and Tommy Paul (3,135) are not far behind. Grigor Dimitrov (3,100), currently in 11th place, still has room to push.
Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, again Aleander Zverev After qualifying, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Novak Djokovic finished 4th, 5th and 6th respectively in the race.
Here are the Top 10 in the Race to Turin standings: pic.twitter.com/cN9KpsxNrt
– TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) October 21, 2024