Federer stays top, Roddick moves up in ATP rankings
July 13th, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Hamburg, July 13 (DPA) Wimbledon champion Roger Federer stayed ahead of Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray at the top of the men’s tennis rankings, issued by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Monday.
The leading 10 was largely unchanged, with losing Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick of the United States moving up one place to fifth, exchanging places with Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro.
The Swiss Federer had dethroned Spanish rival Nadal last week after 10 and a half months at the top.
Federer stays on 11,220 points, with currently-injured Nadal on 10,735 and British Wimbledon semi-finalist Murray on 9,450.
ATP top 10 as of July 13 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 11,220 points
2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 10,735
3. (3) Andy Murray, Britain, 9,450
4. (4) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 8,150
5. (6) Andy Roddick, United States, 5,440
6. (5) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 5,425
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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