Hamburg, July 6 (DPA) Roger Federer returned to the top of the men’s tennis rankings issued Monday by the ATP, the day after his record-breaking Wimbledon title.
The Swiss dethroned Spanish rival Rafael Nadal after ten and a half months at the top with his epic five-set win over American Andy Roddick for a 15th Grand Slam crown at the All England Club.
Federer has amassed 11,220 points as he earned a 238th week atop the rankings.
The currently injured Nadal has 10,735 and British Wimbledon semi-finalist Andy Murray is third on 9,450 points. The brave Roddick remained in sixth place, with now 5,540 points.
ATP top 10 as of July 6 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 11,220 points
2. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 10,735
3. (3) Andy Murray, Britain, 9,450
4. (4) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 8,150
5. (5) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 5,705
6. (6) Andy Roddick, United States, 5,440
7. (7) Gilles Simon, France, 4,000
8. (9) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3,600
9. (8) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,500
10. (10) Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, 3,185
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