Spanish tennis can boast of excellent health. With their respective victories in Doha and Rio, Roberto Bautista and Carlos Alcaraz have been the last Spaniards to add titles and join Rafa Nadal, Albert Ramos and Paula Badosa as the other national champions at the start of the season. In addition, this Monday there have been several rises in the ranking of both the ATP and the WTA with Spanish protagonism. The Murcian and the Catalan, in fact, debut the best position in the ranking in their career, as number 20 in the ATP and four in the WTA, respectively.
Great weekend for Spanish tennis with the victories of Roberto Bautista in Doha and Carlos Alcaraz in Rio de Janeiro . The tennis player from Castellón beat Nicolas Basilashvili (6-3 and 6-4) in the final, in a tournament in which he also beat tennis players like Andy Murray, Alejandro Davidovich or Karen Khachanov. This is the tenth title he has won in his career, the first since he chose Daniel Gimeno Traver as coach and a victory that has also allowed him to return to the world top-15.
With his victory in Rio against Diego Schwartzman, Carlos Alcaraz has become the youngest tennis player in more than a decade to become champion in an ATP 500 category tournament. In addition, the Murcian has climbed several places in the ATP ranking until place for the first time among the top 20 in the world.
The titles of Roberto Bautista and Carlos Alcaraz are added to those also achieved by Rafa Nadal -ATP 250 in Melbourne and the Australian Open-; by Albert Ramos – ATP 250 from Córdoba- and by Paula Badosa -WTA 500 from Sidney-, responsible for a great start to the season for Spanish tennis.
Alcaraz and Badosa, best ranking of their career
In the latest updates of the rankings, both of the ATP and the WTA, there have been several rises with Spanish prominence. In the men’s list, tennis players such as Pablo Andújar (68), Alejandro Davidovich (43), Albert Ramos (31), Pablo Carreño (17) or Roberto Bautista (15) have risen, although the most notable has been that of Carlos Alcaraz. The Murcian has climbed nine places in the ranking to reach number 20 in the ATP for the first time.
Also in the women’s ranking, Paula Badosa has reached her all-time high by moving up one position despite her defeat in Dubai. The Catalan tennis player, champion in Sydney in January, wears for the first time in her career the condition of number 4 in the WTA.
