Nadal reclaims ATP top spot, Federer falls to second

TIL Desk Sports/ Spain’s Rafael Nadal returned to the top spot in the men s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday dethroning Switzerland s Roger Federer.

Federer 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.

The United States John Isner jumped eight places to World No. 9 after he won his first Miami Open title on Sunday against Alexander Zverev of Germany who climbed one place to fourth.

Meanwhile Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro Austria s Dominic Thiem and South Africa s Kevin Anderson kept their spots in sixth seventh and eighth respectively. The current ATP rankings and point scores are as follows:

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