* 新聞來源：https://tinyurl.com/y8harpws U21 Race to Milan: Zverev, Tsitsipas and Shapovalov lead the field July 25, 2018 13:10 by Jovica Ilic The updated U21 Race to Milan list has brought nothing new in the leading positions, with the Top 6 players keeping the position they had a week ago, after Wimbledon. Alexander Zverev will be back in action next week when he has to defend the title in Washington and as long he stays in contention for the place at the ATP Finals it is unlikely we will see him in Milan, just like in 2017. The German has collected 3585 points so far in 2018 and the first player behind him is Stefanos Tsitsipas, the only player besides Zverev who clinched more than 1000 points so far this year. After a great Wimbledon run, Stefanos decided to take a rest and skip Bastad and Hamburg, aiming to make a return in Washington. Denis Shapovalov is still third after a poor grass season (only two wins in four events) and he will join Alexander and Stefanos in Washington as well. Frances Tiafoe has reached the third round at Wimbledon and he is in Washington entry list too, having to compete at another home event in Atlanta this week where he stands as the 5th seed. Alex de Minaur has an identical path, already scoring a win over Hubert Hurkacz in Atlanta and signing to play Washington too in order to get closer to Tiafoe on the list, trailing 123 points at the moment. Taylor Fritz is safe in the 6th place at the moment, hoping to win more points in Atlanta where he faces Newport finalist Ramkumar Ramanathan. After being sidelined for three months due to a back injury, Andrey Rublev returned at Umag last week where he failed to defend the title, defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime before losing to Robin Haase. With these 45 points, Rublev has passed Jaume Munar for the seventh place, just 19 points ahead of the Spaniard. Andrey is the 4th seed in Gstaad this week and he will travel to Washington to join other U21 stars next week in the chase for 500 points. Munar has lost in the opening round of Bastad to Casper Ruud, the 9th player on our list, and he made a winning start in Gstaad, adding more points to his tally and increasing the gap over Ruud who has reached the quarter-final in Bastad last week but fell in the opening round of ATP 500 event in Hamburg to Diego Schwartzman. Hubert Hurkacz and Reilly Opelka are 10th and 11th and by far the youngest player in the Top 15 is Felix Auger-Aliassime who scored one win in Umag before losing to Rublev. Felix is back in action in Gstaad and he already passed the first round test, earning more points and setting his eyes on one of the spots that lead to Milan Masters in November. Top 15 U21 Race to Milan list. ------------------- * Next Gen ATP Finals 將在今年的十一月六日至十日在義大利的米蘭舉行。 　將會由２１歲以下，世界排名最好的前七位球員，再加上一位外卡球員參予此項賽事。 　目前前進米蘭的排名如下： 　1. Alexander Zverev / 21y / 3,585 points 2. Stefanos Tsitsipas / 19y / 1,037 points 3. Denis Shapovalov / 19y / 910 points 4. Frances Tiafoe / 20y / 828 points 5. Alex de Minaur / 19y / 705 points 6. Taylor Fritz / 20y / 618 points 7. Andrey Rublev / 20y / 485 points *8. Jaume Munar / 21y / 466 points *9. Casper Ruud / 19y / 372 points --

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