Kiwi James Watt moves up the ATP rankings
- Dave Worsley
- 8 hours ago
- 1 min read
South Canterbury's James Watt has been defeated in the first round of the main draw at the Granby Challenger in Quebec but put in a huge match against his much higher ranked opponent.
Watt who has taken his ATP singles ranking to 608 and up to 149 in doubles won two matches in qualifying.
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He was then draw against Danish hotshot, August Holmgren who reached the third round at Wimbledon recently as a qualifier and has a current singles ranking of 146.
Twenty-five-year-old Watt lost the 2-hour 34-minute contest 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 6-3 to Holmgren but still gets four ATP ranking points for qualifying which will be a good boost.
Watt and Finn Reynold won their first-round doubles match as top seeds defeating Australian Omar Jasika and Canadian Kelsey Stevenson 7-5, 6-4 They'll face a Japanese pair in the quarterfinals.
Reynolds who is at 132 in doubles rankings and Watt have won three ATP Challenger titles so far in 2025.