Djokovic closes gap on leaders

Published January 29, 2008

PARIS, Jan 28: Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic has closed the gaps on long-time ATP World Rankings leaders Roger Federer and Raphael Nadal.

The biggest mover on Monday among the top players was made by losing finalist in Melbourne Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who climbs 20 places to 18th.

ATP rankings (previous week’s ranking in brackets):

1. (1) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6630 points; 2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 5980; 3.

(3) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 5165; 4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 2725; 5. (5) David Ferrer (Spain) 2715; 6. (6) Andy Roddick (US) 2155; 7. (8) Richard Gasquet (France) 1895; 8. (14) Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 1845; 9. (15) James Blake (US) 1710; 10. (10) David Nalbandian (Argentina) 1700; 11. (13) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 1685; 12. (9) Andy Murray (Britain) 1685; 13. (16) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 1640; 14. (17) Guillermo Canas (Argentina) 1573; 15. (21) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 1515; 16. (18) Carlos Moya (Spain) 1505; 17. (12) Tommy Robredo (Spain) 1490; 18. (38) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 1489; 19. (25) Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 1465; 20. (22) Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 1460.—Agencies

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