Oct 6, 2008, 10:49 GMT
Hamburg - Argentine's Juan Martin Del Potro moved into the men's top ten for the first time in his career when he was ranked ninth in the rankings issued on Monday by the ATP.
The 20-year-old, who already won four tournaments in 2008, lost the final of the Japan Open against Tomas Berdych on Sunday 6-1, 6-4. He is the only newcomer into the top ten.
Spain's Rafael Nadal still leads the standings with 7,000 points, with long-time number one Roger Federer second on 5,930 points.
ATP top 10 as of October 6 (previous ranking in parenthesis): '#' 1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 7,000 points; 2. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 5,930; 3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 4,960; 4. (4) Andy Murray, Great Britain, 2,995; 5. (6) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 2,400; 6. (5) David Ferrer, Spain, 2,315; 7. (7) David Nalbandian, Argentina, 1,975; 8. (8) Andy Roddick, United States, 1,970; 9.(12) Juan Martin Del Potro, Argentina 1,685; 10. (9) Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 1,670. '#'
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