 Welcome back to Tennis Talk, my name's Cam Williams and we have some big changes to the ATP and WTA finals race With some big names dropping down the rankings and out of the top 10 Especially some of the Grand Slam champions that we're used to seeing over the last couple years being in the top 10 They've actually fallen out of the top 10 Let's start with the champions of last week because we have four tournaments on last week So let's go check out who won last week So starting with the Astana open on the WTA, the WTA 250 event and Van Udvank Beat Puttenseva in a very close three-set match 1, 6, 6, 4, 6, 3 to get her fifth title in the singles in her career She also got a boost in the rankings for that as well and Muga Ruta She won the Chicago Classic, which was a WTA 500 event A lot of points up for grabs beating Jabour in the final 3, 6, 6, 3, 6, love and both of those players actually got some boost in the rankings as well Muga Ruta playing for the WTA finals so a good boost there to her ranking as well Heading over to the men's events now and we had two events, two ATP 250 events Starting with the Sofia open, Yannick Sinner defending his title He won this title at the end of last year Going back to back beating Montfies in the final 6, 3, 6, 4 And Kasper Rudd beating Kam Nori in the final of the San Diego Open To win his first hard court title on the ATP And he absolutely destroyed Nori, 6, love 6, 2 to lift the trophy And both of the winners this week are playing for ATP finals spots So they'll be very happy that they got some extra points this week Let's jump over to the WTA rankings this week And not much has changed at the top of the rankings with Ash Bharti staying at number 1 Sabalankar at number 2, Plushkarat at number 3 Sveontek 4, Kredjikova stays at 5 But we have some big changes to the bottom half of the top 10 With Svetilina going down one spot to number 7 And Naomi Osaka dropping out of the top 10 for the first time since 2018 So it's been 3 years since we've seen Naomi Osaka out of the top 10 She drops down 5 spots and Mugaruta after winning the Chicago Open She goes up 3 spots to number 6 in the world So some big changes to that top 10 there Kenan stays at number 8 And Sakari, she gets rewarded thanks to Osaka dropping out of the top 10 Going up to a career high ranking of number 9 And Benchich, she returns to the top 10 going up 2 spots to number 10 in the world So big changes to the top 10 of the women Especially seeing Osaka out of the top 10 And we don't even know if we're going to see Osaka for the rest of the year Her ranking might drop even further over the next couple of months Heading over to the race to Mexico now Of course, the WTA finals race It's starting to take shape now, we have 4 players qualified Barty, she still doesn't know if she's going to play the event So we're going to keep an eye on her, she's not playing Indian Wells this week But Barty is already qualified at number 1 Sabalenk is at number 2 and she is not playing Indian Wells either Because she tested positive for COVID Kredjikova, she's at number 3 Pliscaver at 4 Sakari at 5, just outside of qualification But Mugaruta, she's gone up 2 spots To number 6, after that really good week last week in Chicago Getting 500 extra points Full of that win, pushing down Sveontek and Osaka To number 7 and 8 Djabor, despite making the final of Chicago She stays at number 9, just outside of that top 8 And Pavle Cenkava, she drops out of the top 10 again Making way for Mertens, who returns to the top 10 In the race to the WTA finals Wrapping up the top 10 Having a look at the players that have gone up in the rankings this week And it's the players that did well last week Surprise, surprise Djabor She's at a career high ranking number 14 in the world 2 spots higher than last week After making the final of Chicago And Vanuud vanc After dropping down the rankings last week after losing a lot of points She's gained a lot of points this week Going up 35 spots To number 54 in the world Players that have dropped down in the rankings and it's Grantslam Champions Former Grantslam Champions that have dropped down Sloane Stevens, she's gone down 10 spots To number 73 in the world Just can't find any consistency at the moment And Venus Williams She's dropped down 24 spots To 176 in the world So she is relying on wild cards To make every event And she'll get them You know, she is a champion But she's relying heavily on getting wild cards Especially to the Australian Open Probably most of the tournaments next year Having a look at the ATP rankings now And no changes to the top 10 As there were last week There was no changes last week We have Djokovic at number one Mevvedev at number two City Pass at three Zverev at four Rublev stays at five Rafa stays at six for now Baratini at number seven Dominic team, he stays at number eight But that will change over the next couple of weeks Roger Federer stays at nine Again, that will change over the next few weeks And Kasper Rudd After winning his first hard court title in San Diego He stays at number 10 But he'll go up in the rankings Possibly after Indian Wells No matter what happens with the results Having a look at the ATP finals race now And things are starting to take shape We already have four players qualified already We have Djokovic at number one With Mevvedev at number two City Pass at three Zverev at four All of those are qualified Rublev is at five Very close to qualification If he has a good week at Indian Wells He might be able to get there Same with Baratini Not far behind But who be her catch? He drops down one spot After Kasper Rudd winning in San Diego Takes him up to number seven So those guys switch spots and sin up He goes up one spot After winning his title in Bulgaria So he's gone up another spot To number nine Pushing FAA down to number 10 To round out the top 10 for this week Players that have gone up in the ATB rankings this week We have Nori He's up at a career high ranking At number 26 in the world He's gone up two spots Despite losing pretty badly In the final of San Diego Still got a lot of points for that And Girron After having a really good week At the Sofia Open He's gone up 11 spots To a career high ranking Of number 56 in the world A couple of players getting rewarded After having good weeks last week And the players that have gone down In the rankings we have Pospissel He's gone down 16 spots To number 84 in the world And John Milman He's gone down 35 spots To number 19 in the world After losing all the points that he made At the Japan Open A couple of years ago Of course all the points from the Asian Swing Starting to fall off the rankings now Despite that whole section of events Being cancelled this year All the points are going to be lost From both the men and the women's tournaments So Milman Very unlucky to drop down so low So there it is The rankings for this week No massive changes To the top of the tree of the rankings Djokovic Bardi They're staying at number one in the world But there are some changes In the ATP and WTA finals race And also they're going to be qualifying pretty soon Some of those players in the middle of the rankings We've got four spots left For both the men and the women To play at the finals Let me know down in the comments below Who do you think is going to qualify For the ATP and WTA finals? Because like I said Four spots up for grabs In both the men and the women And it's very very close Especially for those last couple of spots Between 7 and 15 in the world rankings They're very very close On those ATP and WTA races So anyone could really get in So the seedings are locked in For Indian Wells this week But some big changes have happened to the rankings Very late on in the season