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Cilic returns to Top 10 after Cincy win

Paris - Croatia's Marin Cilic moved back into the top 10 of the ATP world rankings on Monday, thanks to his victory over Andy Murray in the Cincinnati Masters final.

Former US Open winner Cilic ended Briton Murray's 22-match winning streak with a straight-sets win on Sunday and jumped up five places in the rankings to ninth.

Two-time major champion Stan Wawrinka moved above his injured fellow Swiss Roger Federer to become the new world number three.

Serbian Novak Djokovic still holds a massive lead at the top of the rankings, despite not playing in the US last week.

ATP Top 20:

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 14 840

2. Andy Murray (GBR) 9 305

3. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 4 980

4. Roger Federer (SUI) 4 945

5. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 4 850

6. Milos Raonic (CAN) 4 805

7. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 4 165

8. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 3 570

9. Marin Cilic (CRO) 3 515

10. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 3 205

11. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 2 895

12. Gael Monfils (FRA) 2 835

13. David Ferrer (ESP) 2 660

14. David Goffin (BEL) 2 565

15. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 2 185

16. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 2 060

17. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 1 980

18. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 1 840

19. Bernard Tomic (AUS) 1 780

20. Pablo Cuevas (URU) 1 745

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