PARIS, Oct 15: Novak Djokovic, who won the Shanghai Masters on Sunday, has closed the gap on Roger Federer at the top of the latest ATP rankings, as the Swiss player enters his 300th week as world No 1.
The Serb, who beat Britain’s Andy Murray 5-7, 7-6 (13-11), 6-3 to take his 13th masters series title, is now just 195 points behind Federer, who was beaten in the semi-final of the tournament, and could even take his position in the coming weeks.
Neither of the players is due to play in the three tournaments scheduled for this week in Moscow, Vienna and Stockholm.
The only change in the latest world top 10, published on Monday, is Czech player Tomas Berdych and France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who a week after changing position to 7th and 6th, are again back to 6th and 7th respectively.
Berdych beat the French No 1 in the quarter-final in Shanghai.
Meanwhile, the former world No 2, Tommy Haas, of Germany, makes a return to the top 20 at the age of 34, despite his career appearing to be over due to a succession of injuries. He has not been in the top 20 since May 2010.
In the WTA rankings, Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka remained on top after her victory in Linz, Austria, 1,800 points ahead of Russia’s Maria Sharapova and 3,055 ahead of Serena Williams, of the US.
ATP world rankings on Monday:
1. Roger Federer (Switzerland) 12165 points; 2. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 11970; 3. Andy Murray (Britain) 7690; 4. Rafael Nadal (Spain) 6995; 5. David Ferrer (Spain) 5360; 6. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 4840 (+1); 7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 4810 (-1); 8. Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) 3670; 9. Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) 3265; 10. Juan Monaco (Argentina) 2775; 11. John Isner (US) 2565 (+1); 12. Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 2435 (-1); 13. Richard Gasquet (France) 2415; 14. Marin Cilic (Croatia) 2370 (+2); 15. Milos Raonic (Canada) 2335 (-1); 16. Kei Nishikori (Japan) 2000 (-1); 17. Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 1955; 18. Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 1830 (+1); 19. Gilles Simon (France) 1815 (-1); 20. Tommy Haas (Germany) 1727 (+1).WTA world rankings:
1. Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 10955 points; 2. Maria Sharapova (Russia) 9135; 3. Serena Williams (US) 7900; 4. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 7265; 5. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 6515; 6. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 5470; 7. Li Na (China) 5095; 8. Sara Errani (Italy) 4855; 9. Samantha Stosur (Australia) 4330; 10. Marion Bartoli (France) 3850; 11. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 3585; 12. Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 3075; 13. Nadia Petrova (Russia) 2845 (+1); 14. Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 2845 (-1); 15. Roberta Vinci (Italy) 2405; 16. Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 2373; 17. Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 2249; 18. Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 2205; 19. Julia Goerges (Germany) 2025; 20. Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 1841 (+1).—AFP