Barry loses in Azores final but set to climb rankings

Tennis: Limerick’s Sam Barry is set to improve approximately 12 places in the singles world rankings after a run to the final of the ITF Men’s Futures event in the Azores.

Now at 313 in the world list, the Irish No 3 picked up 10 ranking points for his efforts, and he will move up to around 301 in the wake of the ATP ladder being updated later today.

After a 6-3 6-4 victory over Spain’s Javier Pulgar-Garcia in Saturday’s semi-finals of the outdoor hardcourt event in the island’s capital, Ponta Delgada, Barry yesterday came up short on a 6-4 6-3 margin against Portugal’s Frederico Ferreira-Silva