Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt; South Africa’s Lloyd Harris has climbed some 33 spots on the latest ATP World Tour men’s singles world rankings after back to back wins in Egypt over the past two weeks.
Harris, aged 19 of Cape Town, won both $10 000 Futures played at the Soho Square tennis club in Sharm el Sheikh using his powerful serve en route to victory in both tournaments. Harris standing at 6’4” served a total of 57 aces in last week’s event. In both tournaments, Harris who was seeded two and one respectively, lost only one set in the total of ten matches played over the two tournaments.
This week Harris is ranked 343 making him the second highest ranked South African singles player on the world rankings after Kevin Anderson who is ranked 48. Harris reached a career singles high of 310 in March this year.
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