Nagal jumps 27 places in ATP ranking

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, July 3

Davis Cupper Sumit Nagal jumped 27 places to be placed 342 in the latest ATP singles ranking chart. 

Playing in the semifinals of the USD 15,000 Futures tournament in Colombo, the Sonepat lad retired midway through the second set on Saturday. Nagal was trailing 3-6, 0-3 to Carlos Boluda-Purkiss of Spain when he decided to quit. 

Meanwhile, Ramkumar Ramanathan achieved his career-best rank of 184 after jumping 38 places in the ATP singles ranking chart following his inspiring show at the Antalya Open, where he humbled world number eighth Dominic Thiem.

Ramkumar, 22, had qualified for the ATP250 event and progressed to quarterfinals, where he lost to veteran Marcos Baghdatis. 

The Chennai lad earned 57 points for his effort and as a result leapfrogged 38 places in the ladder to be the highest- ranked Indian in the singles now. 

He is followed by Yuki Bhambri (222), Prajnesh Gunneswaran (259) and N Sriram Balaji (291).  

In the doubles, Rohan Bopanna was highest-ranked Indian at number 21, followed by Purav Raja (57), Divij Sharan (57), Leander Paes (62) and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (90). 

In the WTA rankings, Sania Mirza remained at No. 7 in the doubles and Ankita Raina was highest-ranked singles player at number 274. Karman Kaur Thandi was next best at 413.