Djokovic tops, Federer second

Berlin - Novak Djokovic retained first place in the men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP, a day after the Serb won the Monte Carlo Masters.

Djokovic, who beat Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (7/1) to win the trophy for the first time, has 12 900 points, well ahead of Roger Federer of Switzerland who moves back to second ahead of Britain's Andy Murray.

Nadal remains fifth behind fellow Spaniard David Ferrer.

ATP top 10 as of April 22 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 12 900 points

2. (3) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 8 670

3. (2) Andy Murray, Britain, 8 660

4. (4) David Ferrer, Spain, 6 970

5. (5) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 5 985

6. (6) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 4 760

7. (7) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 4 750

8. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3 875

9. (9) Richard Gasquet, France, 3 365

10. (10) Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 3 000

27. (26) Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 1 295