Federer pulls away at the top of men’s rankings

By DPA

Hamburg : Wimbledon finalists Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal remain unchanged at numbers one and two in the ATP men's tennis rankings released Monday.


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Meanwhile losing semi-finalists Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Richard Gasquet of France show big improvements.

Djokovic, who was beaten by Nadal, gains two places to move up to third, while Gasquet, who went out to Federer, jumps seven places to seventh.

Federer, who defeated Nadal 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-2 to win a fifth straight Wimbledon title Sunday, remains unchanged on 7,290 points at the top of the rankings.

Nadal is also unchanged, on 5,225 points, while Djokovic improves to 3,310 points. Andy Roddick of the US and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia both slip back a position despite enjoying slight points gains.

Wimbledon quarter-finalist Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic is the second new entry in the top 10, gaining a place to 10th.

Out of the top 10 are Britain's Andy Murray, who pulled out of Wimbledon with a wrist injury and drops five places to 13th, and Germany's Thomas Haas who slips one place to 11th.

ATP top 10 as of Monday, July 9 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 7,290 points;
2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 5,225;
3. (5) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 3,310;
4. (3) Andy Roddick, US, 3,230;
5. (4) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 3,185;
6. (6) Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, 2,780;
7. (14) Richard Gasquet 2,220;
8. (7) Tommy Robredo, Spain, 2,200;
9. (9) James Blake, United States, 2,075;
10.(11) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 2,045.

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