Nadal continues to top ATP rankings after claiming US Open title

Madrid Sep 11 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the men s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday.

Nadal 16-time Grand Slam champion on Sunday won his third US Open title with a dominating 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory over big-serving South African Kevin Anderson reports Efe news agency.

Switzerland s Roger Federer moved to the second position while Britain s Andy Murray who is out of action due to a hip injury came third.

German Alexander Zverev jumped to the fourth position ahead of Marin Cilic.

Serbia s Novak Djokovic moved down to the sixth place while Switzerland s Stan Wawrinka dropped four positions to occupy the eighth.

Spain s Pablo Carreño Busta jumped nine positions to join the top 10 list.

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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