from 261 to 161 in a single tournament Raphael Nadal is back and better than ever hey tennis fans you won't believe what happened with our Rafa Nadal the Spanish bull has just made an incredible leap in the ATP rankings want to find out how he did it before we continue don't forget to subscribe to the channel and hit the Bell icon to stay updated with all the latest tennis news Nadal climbed 100 positions in the rankings after finishing as the runner up at the ATP 250 in bastad even though he lost to Nuno bores in the final he earned 165 valuable points now the former world number one is ranked 161st but is that enough despite the impressive rise Nadal still needs the protected ranking for the big tournaments that's how he'll be playing the US Open in August and there's more the Spaniard is already eyeing the Paris Olympics where he'll compete in singles and doubles with Carlos alcaraz just imagine that duo so what do you think will Nadal make it back to the top of the rankings comment below if you enjoyed this video give it a like and share it with your friends see you next time