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Tennis: Coric climbs 123 ranking places after Cincinnati title

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Caroline Garcia of France in action during the women" s="" singles="" final="" match="" against="" Ana="" Bogdan="" of="" Romania="" at="" the="" WTA="" BNP="" Paribas="" Poland="" open="" tennis="" tournament="" in="" July="" Leszek="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/08/23/20220823-tennis_borna-coric-_epa.jpg"/><figcaption>Borna Coric of Croatia celebrates winning against Carlos Taberner of Spain in their men’s first round match during the French Open tennis tournament at Roland ​Garros in Paris, France, 22 May 2022. Christophe Petit Tesson, EPA-EFE</figcaption></figure></div>PARIS, France -- Croatia&#x27;s Borna Coric soared a remarkable 123 places in the ATP rankings on Monday after becoming the lowest ranked player to win a Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati.The 25-year-old spent a year out of action with a shoulder injury which required surgery, before returning in March.He arrived in Cincinnati as the world number 152 after spending much of his 2022 season on the second-tier Challenger circuit but is now ranked 29th.Coric dropped just one set in the tournament, against 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the second round, and beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday&#x27;s final.Tsitsipas climbed two places to world number five, while Cincinnati semi-finalist Cameron Norrie jumped two spots to a career-high ranking of ninth.ATP top 20:1. Daniil Medvedev 6,885 pts2. Alexander Zverev (GER) 5,7603. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 5,6304. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 5,1905. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 4,890 (+2)6. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 4,7707. Casper Ruud (NOR) 4,695 (-2)8. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3,625 (+1)9. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 3,415 (+2)10. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 3,35511. Andrey Rublev 3,120 (-3)12. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3,090 (+1)13. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 3,020 (-1)14. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 2,37515. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 2,36016. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 2,20017. Marin Cilic (CRO) 2,17518. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 1,840 (+1)19. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 1,730 (-1)20. Alex de Minaur (AUS) 1,665Selected:29. Borna Coric (CRO) 1,360 (+123)<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Croatia's Borna Coric soared 123 places in the ATP rankings on Monday after becoming the lowest ranked player to win a Masters 1000 title.