An impressive 13 Australians are now ranked inside the top 200 thanks to rankings rises to John Millman, John-Patrick Smith and Alex Bolt.

Casey Dellacqua has returned to the world's top 60 for the first time in five years, while there were also impressive gains for Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith…

UPDATE: Marinko Matosevic beat Bradley Klahn to advance to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open, yet fellow Aussies Sam Groth and John-Patrick Smith fell.

UPDATE 11.30am: Sam Groth and John-Patrick Smith have qualified for the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Wednesday.

Top seed John-Patrick Smith is through to the semifinals of the AO Play-off after another rain-affected day at Melbourne Park.

Aussies John Peers, John-Patrick Smith and Matthew Ebden have all enjoyed stellar weeks at their respective tournaments overseas.

John-Patrick Smith has continued his recent ascent up the ATP rankings ladder, this week jumping 40 places to world No.232.

Queenslander John-Patrick Smith has captured the ITF Futures title in Winnipeg, Canada at the weekend.

Australians Marinko Matosevic and John-Patrick Smith will combine at the French Open to contest the men's doubles event.

Australian John-Patrick Smith may be well educated but he admits as a tennis player he has plenty to learn.