Rafael Nadal reclaims ATP top spot
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Rafael Nadal reclaims ATP top spot

April 3, 2018

Spain’s Rafael Nadal returned to the top spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings, released on Monday, dethroning Switzerland’s Roger Federer.

Fedex, a 20-time Grand Slam champion, fell to World No. 2 after he lost to Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) at Miami Open’s round of 64 last month.

In Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, Simona Halep of Romania continued to lead the list while United States’ Sloane Stephens managed to leap into top 10 for first time in her career.

Stephens won a 7-6 (5), 6-1 match on Saturday afternoon over Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, who maintained her fifth position in the rankings, in Miami Open final.

Current Rankings and Point Scores

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)

  1. Rafael Nadal (Spain) 8,770 points
  2. Roger Federer (Switzerland) 8,670
  3. Marin Cilic (Croatia) 4,985
  4. Alexander Zverev (Germany) 4,925
  5. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 4,635
  6. Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) 4,470
  7. Dominic Thiem (Austria) 3,665
  8. Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 3,390
  9. John Isner (USA) 3,125
  10. David Goffin (Belgium) 3,110

Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)

  1. Simona Halep (Romania) 8,140 points
  2. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6,790
  3. Garbine Muguruza (Spain) 5,970
  4. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5,630
  5. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 5,611
  6. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4,730
  7. Caroline Garcia (France) 4,625
  8. Venus Williams (USA) 4,277
  9. Sloane Stephens (USA) 3,938
  10. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 3,271
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