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Nadal closer to Federer than ever

July 8th 2008 01:33
Nadal is closing in on Federer's dominance


Flamboyant king of Wimbledon Rafael Nadal has closed the gap between him and Roger Federer in the fight to claim the world no.1 ranking.

The Spaniard is 545 points behind Federer, who has been at the summit of the ATP rankings for four years.


Nadal, who will not participate in Stuggart this week, also amplified the difference between him and world no.3 Novak Djokovic - eliminated from Wimbledon in the second round.

The 22 year old Mallorcan reached 6000 points for the first time in his illustrious career, which has yielded four French Open titles and a maiden Wimbledon crown.

Nadal's Wimbledon triumph gave the Spaniard 300 points and is now closer to claiming Federer's vice-like grip on the no.1 ranking.

Serb Novak Djokovic has been left behind in the fight for the world no.1 tag as he exited Wimbledon at the hands of Russian Marat Safin in just the second round.

Djokovic is firmly placed in third position on 4945 points. Over 1000 points behind Nadal.

• 1. (1) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6600 points
2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 6055
3. (3) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 4945
4. (5) David Ferrer (Spain) 3045
5. (4) Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 2970
6. (6) Andy Roddick (U.S.) 2065
7. (7) David Nalbandian (Argentina) 2030
8. (8) James Blake (U.S.) 1975
9. (11) Andy Murray (Britain) 1805

10. (9) Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 1760
11. (12) Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 1515
12. (15) Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) 1430
13. (18) Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 1375
14. (14) Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 1365
15. (10) Richard Gasquet (France) 1310
16. (17) Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 1305
17. (19) Tommy Robredo (Spain) 1300
18. (16) Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 1270
19. (13) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 1265
20. (21) Juan Monaco (Argentina) 1240




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Comment by Louie

July 8th 2008 04:20
Maybe Federer will get himself a coach again now!!!!

Ironic how Nadal picked on his backhand, Tony Roche is the ing of backhand, i am sure Federer missed him on Sunday!!!!!

Comment by sportsbar

July 8th 2008 08:05
This result has been coming for a while, Federer is not as dominant as he once was - although he is still a genius. And Nadal would have got a lot of confidence at the French Open Final - keeping one of the greatest players ever to just four games...

I don't think a coach would have changed the result... It is just the bounce of the ball... Federer was just one point away from serving for the match in the fifth...

Their battle is great for tennis, but one thinks Nadal will do the Grand Slam before Federer now that he has grass under his belt...

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