By DPA,
Berlin : Rafael Nadal begins his challenge for the Australian Open title with an unchanged clear lead at the top of the men’s tennis rankings published Monday.
Nadal leads Australian Open title holder Roger Federer with Novak Djokovic third in rankings unchanged from the previous week.
ATP top 10 as of Jan 17 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 12,390 points
2. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 9,245
3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 6,240
4. (4) Robin Soderling, Sweden, 5,785
5. (5) Andy Murray, Britain, 5,760
6. (6) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 3,955
7. (7) David Ferrer, Spain, 3,735
8. (8) Andy Roddick, United States, 3,565
9. (9) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,240
10. (10) Mikhail Yuzhny, Russia, 2,920