The 8th seed for Wimbledon climbed three places in the singles rankings after reaching the final of the grass-court Grand Slam in London.

Unfortunately, Anderson was beaten in the final by Serbia’s former world number one, Novak Djokovic.

Anderson, who is in the process of applying for dual citizenship in the USA, will become the leading American player in the world if that process had to be finalised within the next week.

Djokovic, who has been making his return following a lengthy injury lay-off, broke back into the top 10 at 10th.

Following his defeat to Djokovic in the final, Anderson conceded that the Serbian was bound to make a comeback after his injury.

"It's obviously tough to say. It's a different set of circumstances. I'm not surprised that he's been able to come back. 

"He obviously is such a high-quality player. I practised with him earlier this year out in Indian Wells. 

"Even just practising with him before his tournament. Obviously playing him today, you can definitely see the improvements he's made since coming back from injury.

"Obviously, I think his match yesterday with Nadal was, you know, a big exclamation point to him to his physicality.

"I think he struggled with his serve coming back after the elbow, but I felt when I've played him before, I didn't really notice. The serve was there today, how quick he was hitting it.

I mean, if you look at the year he's had before he was injured, it was one of the most dominating years of all time. If he can match that, it would be an amazing effort. I don't think that's a fair benchmark to set to anybody.

"Obviously he's just won a Grand Slam again, his 13th. I think guys at the top can expect to see him on the other side of the net quite frequently."

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