20 May 2013

Nadal moves up to fourth

Berlin - Former number one Rafael Nadal has moved back to fourth in the ATP men's tennis rankings released on Monday after winning the Rome Masters.

Nadal, who slipped in the rankings after missing much of last season through injury, beat Roger Federer in two sets to claim his seventh Rome title.

The only newcomer in the rankings is Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, who comes in at 10 in place of Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka.

ATP top 10 as of May 20 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 12 310 points
2. (2) Andy Murray, Britain, 8 670
3. (3) Roger Federer , Switzerland, 8 000
4. (5) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 6 895
5. (4) David Ferrer, Spain, 6 740
6. (6) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 4 700
7. (7) Juan Martin del Potro , Argentina, 4 320
8. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3 795
9. (9) Richard Gasquet, France, 3 090
10. (11) Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 2 640

Other:

25. (27) Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 1 420

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