Berdych boosts hopes of World Tour Final spot
Date published :
10 Oct 2011 - 17:05:41
Beijing-title winner Tomas Berdych jumped three places to seventh in the ATP rankings released on Monday giving the Czech valuable points towards one of the eight berths in the season-ending World Tour Finals in London.
Serb Novak Djokovic holds the number one ranking ahead of Spain's Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer of Switzerland.
Berdych, 26, overtakes France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who was beaten by the Czech in the Beijing semi-finals and drops one place to eighth, with American Mardy Fish and France's Gael Monfils also dropping to ninth and tenth respectively.
Rankings
1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 14220 pts
2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 10375
3. Roger Federer (SUI) 8380
4. Andy Murray (GBR) 7825
5. David Ferrer (ESP) 4200
6. Robin Soderling (SWE) 3680
7. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 3230 (+3)
8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3050 (-1)
9. Mardy Fish (USA) 2955 (-1)
10. Gael Monfils (FRA) 2570 (-1)
11. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 2300
12. Gilles Simon (FRA) 2255
13. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 2075
14. Juan MartÃn Del Potro (ARG) 2030
15. Andy Roddick (USA) 1985
16. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 1980
17. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 1900
18. Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. (UKR) 1745 (+1)
19. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 1720 (+1)
20. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 1690 (+1)
