Juan Martin Del Potro, Milos Raonic, Alexandr Dolgopolov

With a lot of hard work and some steady play, Juan Martin Del Potro, Milos Raonic, and Alexandr Dolgopolov are moving quickly up the ATP rankings.  

Juan Martin Del Potro

Juan Martin was once ranked as high as number 5 in the world, and the 2009 US Open champion.  He had some bad luck with a wrist injury that kept him out of the game for the better part of 2010.  Now, DelPo is back, and slowing making his presence known in the men's tennis scene.   With two semi final showings (SAP Open, losing to Fernando Verdasco 4-6 4-6 & Regions Morgan Keegan, losing to Andy Roddick 3-6 4-6) he has climbed up to 166, up from 298 this time last week.  He's beginning to look again like the guy who will break up the Top 3 dominance of Rafa, Roger & Nole - the will is there, he just needs a little more match toughness.  This guy will be a very dangerous floater to any of the top players.

Andy Roddick (left), Milos Raonic (right)

Milos Raonic has followed up on his Aussie Open success with a  championship at the SAP Open beating Fernando Verdaso 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), and then another final at the Regions Morgan Open - losing to American, Andy Roddick 6-7 (6), 7 (11)-6, 7-5.  He moves up from 59 to 37 in the rankings.  At 20 years old, he is looking like a player who can and will do big things in tennis.

Dolgopolov (left), Almagro (right)

The hard hitting Ukrainian, Alexandr Dolgopolov has moved up a respectful six spots in the rankings to number 26 in the world.  He recently made the final of the Brasil Open, and lost to Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-6 (3). This happy go lucky guy a has big game, sweet ground strokes, and no fear - a perfect combination for a successful tennis career.


It's on February and these 3 guys are heating things up.  This year will be good year for them, and us the die hard tennis fans!  Until next time...