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Federer stays clear in unchanged top ten ATP rankings

Federer stays clear in unchanged top ten ATP rankings  Berlin, Feb 8 : Australian Open champion Roger Federer tops the men's rankings released by the Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) Monday.

There were no changes in the top ten as most of the leading players sat out as tournaments were held in Johannesburg, Santiago and Zagreb.

Croatian Marin Cilic won his home tournament, beating Michael Berrer in the final to cement his tenth place.

ATP top 10 as of Feb 8 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 11,350 points

2. (2) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 8,310

3. (3) Andy Murray, Britain, 7,800

4. (4) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 7,670

5. (5) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 6,400

6. (6) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 5,290

7. (7) Andy Roddick, United States, 4,150

8. (8) Robin Soderling, Sweden, 3,375

9. (9) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3,075

10. (10) Marin Cilic, Croatia, 2,970


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