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Cape Town - Rising South African tennis star Lloyd Harris has been named as an alternate for this week’s Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Italy.
Harris, who on Monday moved up to a career-high of No 110 on the ATP Rankings, has been rewarded for his form after lifting two ATP Challenger titles in 2018 - the Kentucky Bank Championships in Lexington and Stockton Challenger in California.
The prestigious 21-and-under event starts on Tuesday and runs until Sunday.
The world’s top eight next generation stars will be battling for title honours but should any of them be injured or ill and can’t continue with the tournament, Harris will step in as the alternate.
Meanwhile, the country’s top tennis ace Kevin Anderson maintained his ranking of No 6 in the world rankings after reaching a round of 16 at the Paris Masters last week where he lost to world No 9 Kei Nishikori from Japan in straight sets.
Doubles specialist, Raven Klaasen, impressed at the Paris Masters with partner Michael Venus from New Zealand, reaching the quarter-finals
The last eight showing moved Klaasen up five spots up to No 13 in the double’s rankings.
Both Klaasen and Anderson will be competing in next week’s ATP Finals in London - the year-end climax to the ATP World Tour season.
The event features only the world's best eight qualified singles players and doubles teams.
On the women’s side, Chanel Simmonds remains the highest ranked South African singles (No 368) and doubles (No 249) player.
ATP Rankings:
Men
Singles
1. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
2. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
3. Roger Federer (SUI)
4. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)
5. Alexander Zverev (GER)
6. Kevin Anderson (RSA)
7. Marin Cilic (CRO)
8. Dominic Thiem (AUT)
9. Kei Nishikori (JPN)
10. John Isner (USA)
South African men:
Singles
6. Kevin Anderson
110. Lloyd Harris
512. Nik Scholtz
819. Lance-Pierre du Toit
1 063. Ruan Roelofse
1 150. Joshua Howard-Tripp
1 316. Siphos Montsi
1 473. Tucker Vorster
1 502. Richard Thongoane
1 642. Kholo Montsi
1 720. Joshua Luck
Doubles
13. Raven Klaasen
161. Ruan Roelofse
264. Lloyd Harris
332. Kevin Anderson
1 400. Vaughn Hunter
1 420. Nik Scholtz
1 474. Kholo Montsi
1 474. Siphos Montsi
1 474. Tucker Vorster
South African women:
Singles
368. Chanel Simmonds
683. Zoe Kruger
997. Warona Mdlulwa
Doubles
249. Chanel Simmonds
1 264. Warona Mdlulwa
