Nadal maintains No.1 spot in ATP rankings

Madrid Sep 18 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal held on to the top spot in the men s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday.

Nadal 16-time Grand Slam champion led the rankings ahead of Switzerland s Roger Federer while the United Kingdom s Andy Murray came in third reports Efe.

There were no changes in this week s standings as German Alexander Zverev held the fourth position followed by Marin Cilic.

Serbia s Novak Djokovic came in sixth.

The current ATP rankings and point scores are as follows:

1. Rafael Nadal (Spain) 9 465 points

2. Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7 505

3. Andy Murray (United Kingdom) 6 790

4. Alexander Zverev (Germany) 4 470

5. Marin Cilic (Croatia) 4 155

6. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 4 125

7. Dominic Thiem (Austria) 4 030

8. Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) 3 690

9. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 3 575

10. Pablo Carreño Busta (Spain) 2 855.

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