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Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal lead the way in ATP rankings after lawn titles

Hamburg - Roger Federer and Rafael NadalRoger Federer and Rafael Nadal remained the leading duo in the men's tennis rankings issued on Monday, after winning grass court titles the previous day.

The Swiss Federer lifted a fifth Halle, Germany, trophy as he ran his grass court winning streak to 59 matches one week ahead of his bid to win a sixth straight Wimbledon. Spain's Nadal won his first career event on the lawn at the Queen's event in London.

Federer leads the way with 6,900 points from Nadal (5,755) and Novak Djokovic of Serbia (5,360). Djokovic lost for the third time in five weeks to Nadal on Sunday in the Queen's final.

ATP top 10 as of June 16 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 6,900 points; 2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 5,755; 3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 5,360; 4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 3,115; 5. (5) David Ferrer, Spain, 2,905; 6. (6) Andy Roddick, United States, 2,280; 7. (8) David Nalbandian, Argentina, 2,100; 8. (7) James Blake, United States, 2,015; 9. (10) Richard Gasquet, France, 1,625; 10. (9) Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 1,615. (dpa)


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