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April 22, 2008
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Tuesday
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Rabi-us-Sani 15, 1429
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Federer extends lead in rankings
PARIS, April 21: Switzerland’s Roger Federer reinforced his lead in the ATP rankings, released on Monday, after winning for the first time this year at Estoril Open on Sunday.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal is still in second place ahead of third placed Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
Frenchman Richard Gasquet meanwhile was the only one of the ATP’s top ten players to move up the rankings despite not playing last week.
ATP rankings (previous week’s rankings in brackets):
1. (1) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6425 points; 2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 5455; 3. (3) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 4725; 4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 3290; 5. (5) David Ferrer (Spain) 2620; 6. (6) Andy Roddick (US) 2320; 7. (7) David Nalbandian (Argentina) 2035; 8. (8) James Blake (US) 2020; 9. (10) Richard Gasquet (France) 1755; 10. (9) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 1690; 11. (11) Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 1600; 12. (12) Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 1555; 13. (14) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 1490; 14. (16) Carlos Moya (Spain) 1460; 15. (14) Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 1459; 16. (15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 1440; 17. (17) Juan Monaco (Argentina) 1440; 18. (18) Tommy Robredo (Spain) 1400; 19. (20) Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 1390; 20. (21) Andy Murray (Britain) 1330.—Agencies
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