PARIS, Feb 18: James Blake and Andy Murray rejoined the top 10 in the ATP rankings published on Monday.

American Blake moved up three places to ninth after reaching the final in Delray Beach, just ahead of Briton Murray who advanced one spot after winning in Marseille on Sunday.

Surprise Delray winner Kei Nishikori becomes the new Japanese number one after moving up 113 places to 131st following his shock victory over top seed Blake.

ATP world 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) 2120; 7. (7) Richard Gasquet (France) 1885; 8. (8) Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 1845; 9. (12) James Blake (US) 1710; 10. (11) Andy Murray (Britain) 1710; 11. (9) David Nalbandian (Argentina) 1700; 12. (10) Tomas Berdych (Czech Rep) 1685; 13. (18) Carlos Moya (Spain) 1585; 14. (14) Juan Monaco (Argentina) 1520; 15. (16) Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 1515; 16. (21) Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 1495; 17. (19) Tommy Robredo (Spain) 1490; 18. (20) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 1489; 19. (22) Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 1460; 20. (15) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 1455.—Agencies