Kevin Anderson reaches career-high ranking of world No 9
SA’s Kevin Anderson moved to a career ranking of No 9 after winning the ATP New York event against old adversary Sam Querrey on Sunday.In the open era the only other South Africans to have been ranked higher are Johan Kriek (No 7)‚ Kevin Curran (No 5) and Wayne Ferreira (No 6). Anderson himself reached the top 10 for a week in 2015‚ but this victory underlines his massive improvement in the past six months.Anderson and Querrey have now played 16 times on tour and have each won eight matches. In 2017 Anderson reached Wimbledon’s fourth round where he lost to Querrey‚ before making the US Open final‚ beating Querrey in the quarters. He ultimately lost in straight sets to Rafael Nadal in the final at Flushing Meadows.Anderson returned to New York last week‚ this time to Long Island‚ for the ATP 250 event and walked away with a win and R1.55m in prize money. It took his season’s earnings to R2.75m. Last year he won R36.6m on tour‚ thanks largely to his US Open run.In Long Island Anderso...
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