 So the final couple of weeks of the season underway, we've got the indoor hardcourt season for the end of the year for the men and also the WTA final was coming up pretty quick for the ladies. We did have a couple of tournaments last week though as the end of the Asian Swing. Let's go have a look at who won those events. So over on the WTA we had three events, all 250 events, with the Zhang Chi Open, Sinyakova beating Buzkova in that final, 167676. That was an epic finale to the Asian Swing for the ladies. Then over at the Transylvania Open we had Corpash taking out Ruzae 6364 in the final there and at the Jasmine Open we had Mertens winning 636 love against Paolini in that final and that wraps up the WTA for pretty much everybody because we have the elite trophy next week which is only the players between nine and twenty in the world and then of course the WTA final. So the WTA is effectively over for the rest of the season. Over on the men's side we had three tournaments as well an ATP 500 event. The Japan Open Ben Shelton winning his first ever title 7561 against Karatsev in that final and both got a boost in the ranks. Over on the indoor hard courts of Europe we had the European Open with Bublik taking out Feast 6464 in that final and then in Stockholm Montfeast wins another trophy 467663 to be caught off in that final and all those guys did get a little boost in the rankings as well. So let's have a look at the players outside the top 10 that have gone up in the rankings. Some of the Shelton who's gone up five spots number 14 in the world that's a career high for him after winning in Tokyo last week. Bublik he also goes up to number 30 in the world after winning in Antweb last week that's six what's higher than last week and on the WTA Cineacova goes up 16 spots number 44 in the world after winning a tournament last week as well so some big boost in the rankings for players outside the top 10. Players that have gone down to the rankings in the last week. Gascay he's gone down seven spots number 69 in the world after losing points from this time last year. Baratini he's gone down 26 spots number 89 in the world course out with injury so he's still dropping down the ranks and Bianca Andrescu she's gone down 14 spots number 92 in the world after losing a lot of points from this time last year so some massive drops for some well-known players outside that top 10. Let's start with the WTA rankings now because there were some changes all the points have been stripped from last year's WTA finals. Sabalanca stays at number one which Fiontech at two and Goff at number three. We do have a change in the middle with Pagulla dropping down to five and Rabakina going up to number four ahead of the WTA finals happening in a week's time. Also a little bit of change to the middle of the top 10 with Sacri dropping down three spots to number nine. Von Drussova going up two spots to number six. Jabirste hanging in there at seven and Mukova also going up a spot to number eight so Sacri losing all the points from last year's WTA finals has dropped down the rankings making way for all those other players that have qualified so now the rankings will start to mirror what the WTA finals will look like and Krijikova she jumps in to the top 10 again because of Garcia dropping out losing all the points from the WTA finals last year after she won that event last year remember so some big changes there to the WTA heading into the final two weeks of the year. Over to the race of the finals and there is no change with Sabalanca at one, Fiontech at two, Goff at three, Rabakina at four, Pagulla at five, Jabir at six, Von Drussova at seven and Mukova at eight that is the top eight they're all going to be playing in Cancun at the WTA finals so the two alternates are going to be Sacri and Krijikova now Krijikova is actually playing doubles in Cancun for the WTA finals and Sacri is not playing the elite trophy next week so those two players will step in if there is a withdrawal and like I said Mukova's been struggling with injury pretty much since the US open and Jabirste got a knee problem so there is a very likely chance we do get Sacri playing and then Krijikova of course is going to be there because she's also playing doubles anyway so we wouldn't be shocked if we do get one of the alternates jumping into that top eight. All right heading over to the ATP rankings now and no change because not too many big names played this week in the top 10. Djokovic staying at one with Elkaraz at number two, Medvedev will stay at number three, with Suner at four, Rubilev at five, Runa stays at number six, with Sidney Passat seven, Ruta at eight but we do have a change down the bottom with Fritz going up to number nine and Pushing's very down to number 10 but we do have a lot of those guys playing in fact eight of that top 10 are playing next week either in Basel or Vienna the only two that are not at Djokovic and Elkaraz so it's going to be a big week next week and of course a lot of players are trying to get to the ATP finals with only three weeks to go and most players only playing two events over the next few weeks it's going to be interesting to see who can play well. Going over to the race to the finals and still only the four players qualify with Djokovic, Elkaraz, Medvedev and Suner but Rubilev at number five is just a couple of wins away from qualifying and he is playing in Vienna next week, Sidney Passat stays at number six, with Zverev at seven and Runa at eight but Fritz is at number nine and the 100 points behind Runa and Rude is at number 10 and there's a lot of players that are just outside of the top 10 that are also potentially going to jump in the top 10 over the next few weeks if they have good weeks so the race to the finals is far from over we've got four spots left you'd expect Rubilev to qualify but guys like Zverev and Runa really have to be careful not to lose early like they have been the last few weeks because they really need some points to get to that finals so there it is almost the end of the year the WTA is effectively over with just the two finals tournaments to go and off saw the Billie Jean King Cup but there is three weeks left on the men's side next week is going to be huge two 500 events and then of course Paris being the massive 1000 event that should be where we wrap it up and then they've got tournaments after that but we'll see who plays those and then the adb finals and then we're over for 2023 but let me know down in the comments below who do you think is going to make it to the adb finals Rubilev is pretty much in he just has to play a couple more matches and he should be fine but I reckon Runa is going to struggle don't forget guys like Shelton, Paul, Dimon or Hercatch they're outside of the top 10 for now but if they keep playing well or if they have a couple of good weeks things could really change quickly but they're the ranges for this week not too many changes to the top 10 but we do have a lot the adb finals races really starting to look interesting