Berlin, Sep 14 (DPA) Rafael Nadal stretched his lead atop the men’s tennis rankings courtesy of Monday’s US Open crown while beaten finalist Novak Djokovic moved into the second place.
Spain’s Nadal, who became the seventh man in tennis history to win all four majors, leads the ATP list issued on Tuesday with 12,025 points. He holds a massive lead over the Serb Djokovic (7,145) and dethroned US Open champion Roger Federer of Switzerland (6,735).
ATP top 10 as of Sep 14 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 12,025 points
2. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 7,145
3. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 6,735
4. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 5,035
5. (5) Robin Soderling, Sweden, 4,910
6. (6) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 4,150
7. (7) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 3,780
8. (8) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,330
9. (14) Mikail Youzhny, Russia, 3,295
10. (12) David Ferrer, Spain, 3,200
