Madrid Jan 29 (IANS) Switzerland s Roger Federer closed to within 115 points of top-ranked Rafael Nadal of Spain in the Association of Tennis Professionals men s singles rankings released on Monday after winning the Australian Open.
Nadal s record-extending 20th Grand Slam title victory in Melbourne on Sunday moved him to within striking distance of Nadal who was forced to retire in the quarter-finals due to injury and has lost almost 1 000 points in the last two weeks reports Efe.
Croatia s Marin Cilic who lost to Federer in the Australian Open final but had knocked out world No. 1 Nadal jumped to third place over 300 points ahead of Bulgaria s Grigor Dimitrov who fell one spot to fourth.
Meanwhile Germany s Alexander Zverev was nipping at Dimitrov s heels just 20 points behind in fifth place and was 550 points in front of Austria s Dominic Thiem.
The current ATP rankings and point scores are as follows:
1- Rafael Nadal (Spain) 9 760 points
2- Roger Federer (Switzerland) 9 605
3- Marin Cilic (Croatia) 4 960
4- Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 4 630
5- Alexander Zverev (Germany) 4 610
6- Dominic Thiem (Austria) 4 060
7- David Goffin (Belgium) 3 460
8- Jack Sock (USA) 2 880
9- Juan Martin del Porto (Argentina) 2 815
10- Pablo Carreño Busta (Spain) 2 705.
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