MOSCOW, Oct 10 Russian Pavel Kotov moved up three positions and now occupies 100th place in the ranking of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), an updated version of which is published on the website of the organization. Last week, the 23-year-old Russian entered the second round of the ATP 500 category tournament in Astana, beating the 31st racket of the world Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich- Fokin. He made it to the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time. Spaniard Carlos Alcaras is in the lead, his compatriot Rafael Nadal is in second place, and Norwegian Kasper Ruud is third. Russian Daniil Medvedev retained fourth place, Andrey Rublev — ninth, Aslan Karatsev — 39th. Karen Khachanov and Roman Safiullin lost one position each and are now ranked 19th and 93rd, respectively.ATP rating as of October 10:1 (1). Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) — 6740 points; 2 (2). Rafael Nadal (Spain) — 5810;3 (3). Kasper Ruud (Norway) — 5645;4 (4). Daniil Medvedev (Russia) — 5245;5 (6). Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) — 5065;6 (5). Alexander Zverev (Germany) — 5040;7 (7). Novak Djokovic (Serbia) — 4320; 8 (11) Taylor Fritz (USA) — 3510; 9 (9). Andrey Rublev (Russia) — 3480;10 (8). Cameron Norrie (Great Britain) — 3445…19 (18). Karen Khachanov (Russia) — 2035…39 (39). Aslan Karatsev (Russia) — 1085…93 (92). Roman Safiullin (Russia) — 586…100 (103). Pavel Kotov (Russia) — 564.
