In Cincinnati the German Alexander Zverev and the Australian Ashleigh Barty win their respective ATP and WTA Masters 1000, a few days before the US Open.
Zverev, # 5 in the world, beat Russian Andrey Rublev (# 7) 6-2 6-3 in the final.
Barty, n.1 in the world ranking, eliminated the Swiss Jil Teichmann with a score of 6-3 6-1.
Osaka slips to 3rd place in WTA, Zverev climbs an ATP step
- Naomi Osaka's bad moment continues: the Japanese tennis player slips from second to third place in the world ranking of women's tennis, surpassed by the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. In first place is confirmed the Australian Barty, winner yesterday of the tournament in Cincinnati, a WTA 1000. A leap forward of five positions for the German Kerber, who rises to 17 / th place and thus returns to the top 20. Among men , in the ATP ranking, the first place of Novak Djokovic is solid; the victory in Cincinnati allows the German Zverev to move up from fifth to fourth place, overtaking Rafa Nadal. Always eighth Matteo Berrettini, best Italian, while Sinner sixteenth loses one position