MANILA, Philippines — Treat Huey got a morale boost in his Asia Oceania Zone Group II tie campaign after making it to the top 50 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) doubles ranking.

The Fil-American jumped to a career-high No. 47 from No. 51 following a semifinal finish with British partner Ken Skupski in the Montpellier 2012 in France a week ago.

Huey and Skupski lost to eventual champion Nicholas Mahut and Edoard Roger-Vasselin of France, 6-2, 6-2.

They earlier dumped Oliver Rochus of Belgium and Igor Zelenay of Slovakia, 6-3, 6-3, in the quarters and Germany's Philipp Marx and Canada's Adil Shamasdin, 7-6 (5), 6-1, in the first round.

It was already Huey's fourth tournament this year.

He started the year at No. 57 before improving 10 notches with a runner-up finish in a Germany Challenger, second round at the Australian Open and first round in Auckland, New Zealand with different partners.

Huey is teammed up with Jeson Patrombon, Ruben Gonzales and Johnny Arcilla in the Philippine Davis Cup team which is facing Pacific Oceania at press time.

Huey, however, thinks nothing has changed despite the development.

"I don't feel like it (as the leader of the team)," Huey said. "Basically, it's the same team the last two years. Cecil is still around and my teammates are doing pretty well in the tournaments especially Jeson."

Despite his experience, Huey is nominated as the team's No. 2 player due to his inferior singles ranking of No. 1,085 compared to Patrombon's No. 874.