 Welcome back to Tennis Talk, my name is Cam Williams and welcome to the weekly ranking show where we go through all the ATP and WTA rankings for the week and we just had the U.S. Open. It's done for 2022 and we have some massive changes on the men's and women's rankings. Let's start with the results though because of course we only had two tournaments, U.S. Open, let's see the winners. So starting with the women's champion, Egas Friyantek. She took out Anstjabur in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6, staying at number one. She's number one by a mile. And on the men's side, Alkarez defeated Rude, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3 and both of those guys got massive rankings boost. Alright, let's start with the WTA rankings and big changes from last time we did the ranking show. But Friyantek, she stays at number one. Anstjabur, she goes up three spots, the number two in the world, an equalling career high for her. She was at number two a few months ago. She goes up to number two, pushing Contovate down to number three and Sakuri drops down to number six. After not being able to defend the points from last year's semi-final at the U.S. Open, we've got Bodosa at four. Pagola goes up to a career high number five after a good U.S. Open, three spots higher than last week. There's Sakuri at number six, like I said, dropped down. Sabalenka goes down one spot despite making the semi-finals to number seven. And Koko Goff comes in at number eight, four spots higher than last week. Career high, first top ten appearance for Goff after making the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open. So Goff goes up into the top ten, pushing Halib down two spots to number nine in the world. Garcia coming in at number ten, seven spots higher after making the semi-finals of the U.S. And we have two players getting pushed out with Kazakina and Mugaruta being pushed out of the top ten completely this week. Having a look at the race of the finals now and Anstjabur has officially qualified for the WTA finals in Texas at the end of the season. So that means two places have been locked up. Triantek and Jaber both playing the WTA finals. Kazakina though has been pushed down after her first round lost. Down to number seven with a lot of players who did much better than her being pushed up. With Pagola coming in at three, one spot higher than last time. Goff coming in at four, two spots higher than last time. Garcia going up four spots to number five after making the semi-finals. Sabalenka also up four spots to number six after making the semi-finals. Kazakina at seven, Halib drops three spots to number eight again because she lost in the first round and the players above her did better. So she's at number eight. Sakari at number nine, two spots lower than last week. And Kudamatova comes into the top ten after making the fourth round of the U.S. Open, two spots higher than last week, which pushes Bedosa out of the top ten completely. So the race of the finals is starting to heat up. But now with not that many tournaments left, more and more players are going to start qualifying. Having a look at the players that have gone up in the rankings this week on the WTA we had, Kudamatova. She's gone up five spots number 13 in the world rankings, which is a career high for her. And Tomanovich, she goes up to a career high 34 in the world, 12 spots higher than last week after making the quarter-finals of the U.S. So two players did really well this week going to career high rankings and players that have dropped down the rankings in the week. The two finalists of last season and last U.S. Open, Fernandez. She's gone down 26 spots to number 40 in the world after losing early in the tournament. And of course, Radu Kanu. She had a lot of points to defend and she lost in the first round. She's gone down 72 spots to number 83 in the world. So the defending finals of last year unable to replicate what they did in 2021. Let's head over to the ATP rankings now and there are some massive changes. We've got a new world number one. Carlos Alcárez, three spots higher than last week. He is the number one in the world after winning the U.S. Open. Kasparud. He goes up five spots to number two in the world after making the final. So both those guys were playing for that number one ranking and Alcárez was the one who got it. Rafa comes in at number three despite making it to the fourth round. He stays at number three. Mehvedev's gone down three spots to number four after failing to defend the final of last year or the points of last year. Zverev, he's also gone three spots to number five after not playing and losing all his semi-final spots from last season. Citi Paz has gone down to number six. Djokovic has also gone down a spot to number seven after not playing the event, not being allowed in America. And he lost all these finals points from last year's event. Kam Nori. He's gone up one spot to number eight in the world, which is a career high for him with Rubelev getting back into the top ten up two spots, number nine in the world. Her catch at number ten and Felix Ozaliasim is out of the top ten completely after losing all of his semi-final points from last season unable to save those points. So a massive change to the top ten, especially up the top there. With the new world number one and Elkarez is 900 points ahead of Rude. So he might be able to stay at number one for a couple of months yet. Having a look at the race of the finals now and four players are now locked in for the ATB finals. We have Elkarez. He goes up two spots higher and overtakes Rafa, knocking him off top spot for the first time this year, who goes down to number two with Rude going up into number three spot after making the final, pushing Citi Paz down two spots to number four. But those four players are the only ones qualified for now. Mehvedev. He comes in at number five with Rubelev leapfrogging a couple of players to get to number six after making the quarter finals, pushing Ozaliasim down to number seven and Zverev down to number eight. So with only four spots up for grabs and remember, Djokovic also possibly able to qualify if he stays in the top 20. There's only really three spots up for grabs for the remainder of the season. Her catch at number nine and Fritz stays at number ten for this week. So the ATB finals are really starting to take shape. Half the spots have been locked in. Having a look at the players that have gone up in the rankings over the last couple of weeks outside of the top ten, Hashinov. He made the semifinals. He goes up to number 18 in the world, 13 spots higher than last week. And Tiyafo, after making the semifinals and beating Rafa along the way, he's gone up seven spots to number 19 in the world, which is a career high for him, top 20 for the first time in his career. So the semifinals of this tournament boosted in the rankings for them. Players that have gone down in the rankings this week, two of the quarter finals of last year. Venizantial, he's gone down 13 spots to number 35 in the world. And Harris, he's gone down 75 spots to 140 in the world after not playing the US Open due to injury and losing all his quarter finalist points. So the players that did well last year, losing all their points this year and the players that did well this year, gone up the ranks. So there you have it. The US Open done and dusted and the rankings have changed dramatically. We've got a new world number one. We've got some changes on the women's. It's crazy. Let me know down in the comments below. What is the craziest part of the rankings for you? Is it Elkis being one? Is it Root being two? Is it the fact that Djokovic is not out of the top 10, despite not playing most of this season? Let me know down in the comments below. What is the craziest thing out of the rankings from this week and after the US Open?