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Rafael Nadal with his French Open trophy after defeating compatriot David Ferrer on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal dropped from fourth to fifth in the latest
ATP tennis rankings issued on Monday although he won a record eighth
French Open title the previous day.
With ATP rankings
mathematics based on results over the last 52 weeks, Nadal merely
defended the points from his 2012 success, allowing fellow-Spaniard
David Ferrer to move ahead of him into a career-high fourth because he
reached the final for the first time.
But the in-form
Nadal is expected to roar up the rankings over the next months when he
has no 2012 points to defend owing to a long-term injury from June until
February.
French Open semifinalist Novak Djokovic
remained top with 11,830 points, ahead of Andy Murray (8,310), who sat
out the Paris grand slam injured. Roger Federer has 7,640, Ferrer 7,220
and Nadal 6,895.
ATP top 10 as of June 10 (previous
ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 11,830 points 2.
(2) Andy Murray, Britain, 8,310 3. (3) Roger Federer, Switzerland,
7,640 4. (5) David Ferrer, Spain, 7,220 5. (4) Rafael Nadal, Spain,
6,895 6. (6) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 4,515 7. (8) Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga, France, 4,155 8. (7) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 3,960 9.
(9) Richard Gasquet, France, 3,090 10. (10) Stanislas Wawrinka,
Switzerland, 2,810
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