Thiem Boosts London Chances, Mover Of The Week

  • Posted: Sep 24, 2018

Thiem Boosts London Chances, Mover Of The Week

ATPWorldTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Race To London, as of Monday, 24 September 2018

No. 7 Dominic Thiem, +1
Dominic Thiem improved his chances of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 11-18 November, after capturing his first hard-court title in over two and a half years at the St. Petersburg Open. Read More & Watch Highlights

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Thiem dropped only one set en route to his first indoor tour-level trophy, defeating Jan-Lennard Struff, Daniil Medvedev, Roberto Bautista Agut and Martin Klizan en route to the title. This year’s Roland Garros runner-up, who leads the ATP World Tour with 48 victories this season (48-15), has picked up three trophies in 2018, having previously triumphed on clay in Buenos Aires and Lyon.

Thiem is attempting to qualify for the third straight year and join Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer at the season finale.

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No. 28 Gilles Simon, +11
After two seasons on the ATP World Tour without a title run in 2016 and 2017, Gilles Simon captured his second crown of the season at the Moselle Open. The Frenchman, who lifted the Tata Open Maharashtra title in the opening week of the season, conceded just one set all week as he clinched his third title in Metz. The 33-year-old has now won multiple tour-level trophies in a season for the first time since 2011 and owns 28 victories from 46 matches on the ATP World Tour this year. Read More

No. 40 Martin Klizan, +10
Despite falling short of becoming the first man since the ATP World Tour began in 1990 to win his first seven title matches, Martin Klizan enjoyed a stellar week at the St. Petersburg Open. The Generali Open titlist defeated second seed Fabio Fognini, #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov and former World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka in consecutive matches before falling to Thiem in the championship match.

No. 59 Stan Wawrinka, +12
The 16-time tour-level titlist reached his second semi-final of the season in St. Petersburg as he continues to rediscover his best form, following a six-month absence, due to knee injury, in 2017. The Swiss won three consecutive matches in straight sets to reach the final four, where he was edged by Klizan in three sets.

Other Notable Top 100 Movers This Week
No. 30 Gael Monfils, +4
No. 54 Malek Jaziri, +4
No. 72 Mikhail Kukushkin, +4
No. 77 Laslo Djere, +6
No. 86 Federico Delbonis, +11
No. 95 Filip Krajinovic, +4
No. 99 Jordan Thompson, +8

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