1 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 15390
2 Federer, Roger (SUI) 10760
3 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 9520
4 Murray, Andy (GBR) 8950
5 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 4580
6 Roddick, Andy (USA) 4340
7 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 3790
8 Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS) 3675
9 Simon, Gilles (FRA) 3670
10 Monfils, Gael (FRA) 3460
11Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 3305
12 Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 2980
13 Ferrer, David (ESP) 2865
14 Gonzalez, Fernando (CHI) 2825
15 Nalbandian, David (ARG) 2625
16 Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 2570
17 Blake, James (USA) 2460
18 Cilic, Marin (CRO) 2415
19 Stepanek, Radek (CZE) 2370
20 Safin, Marat (RUS) 2105
21 Gasquet, Richard (FRA) 1985
22 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) 1980
23 Karlovic, Ivo (CRO) 1855
24 Soderling, Robin (SWE) 1850
25 Tursunov, Dmitry (RUS) 1820
26 Andreev, Igor (RUS) 1795
27 Fish, Mardy (USA) 1785
28 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 1780
29 Kiefer, Nicolas (GER) 1740
30 Schuettler, Rainer (GER) 1725

Notes

• Rafael Nadal crosses 15k mark and adds another 920 points to his score.
• Federer lost 260 points. His lead over Djokovic fell to 1240, as opposed to 1990 last week.
• Djokovic opens 470 point lead over Murray, as opposed to 170 last week.
• Verdasco and Davydenko move up on one spot to seven and eight respectively.
• Simon falls two spots to nine.
• Stanislas Wawrinka moves four spots to 12 and swaps spots with Robredo.
• Safin moves up one spot to 20.
• Gasquet moves up two spots to 21.
• Andreev falls four spots to 26.
• Ivan Ljubicic jumps 15 spots to 51.
• After his Monte-Carlo performance, Andreas Beck moved up 29 spots to 60, a carreer high.
• Juan Carlos Ferrero moved up five spots to seventy.
• Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci fell nine spots to 73.
• Nicolas Lapenttii shoots up 24 spots to 74.
• Italian Fabio Fognini moved back in to the top 100 by rocketing 24 spots to 84.
• Evgeny Korolev dropped 22 spots to 94.
  

1 Bryan, B. (USA) / Bryan, M. (USA) 4115
2 Nestor, D. (CAN) / Zimonjic, N. (SRB) 1890
3 Mirnyi, M. (BLR) / Ram, A. (ISR) 1735
4 Bhupathi, M. (IND) / Knowles, M. (BAH) 1695
5 Dlouhy, L. (CZE) / Paes, L. (IND) 1560
6 Kubot, L. (POL) / Marach, O. (AUT) 1450
7 Damm, M. (CZE) / Lindstedt, R. (SWE) 1025
8 Cermak, F. (CZE) / Mertinak, M. (SVK) 1010
9 Fish, M. (USA) / Roddick, A. (USA) 1000
10 Parrott, T. (USA) / Polasek, F. (SVK) 840

Notes

• Bryans are really far ahead.
• Nestor and Zimonjic move up seven spots to 2.
• Mirnyi/Ram and Bhupahi/Knowles each move down one spot.
  

The top thirty slots are the same as last week. The players, who did well last week, received a pay off this week. The movers this week are:

• Fueled by his title win yesterday, Juan Carlos Ferrero rockets 40 spots to 75. Phew!
• Evegeny Korolev jumps 11 spots to 72.
• German Bjorn Phau skips 7 spots to 70.
• Tommy Haas moves up 5 to 81.
• American Wayne Odesnik jumps 23 spots to 77.
• Lleyton Hewitt moves up 31 spots to 57 after winning Houston yesterday.
  

1 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 14470
2 Federer, Roger (SUI) 11020
3 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 9010
4 Murray, Andy (GBR) 8840
5 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 4790
6 Roddick, Andy (USA) 4340
7 Simon, Gilles (FRA) 4010
8 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 3760
9 Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS) 3735
10 Monfils, Gael (FRA) 3600
11 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 3305
12 Ferrer, David (ESP) 3125
13 Gonzalez, Fernando (CHI) 2825
14 Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 2765
15 Nalbandian, David (ARG) 2735
16 Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 2620
17 Blake, James (USA) 2580
18 Cilic, Marin (CRO) 2520
19 Stepanek, Radek (CZE) 2410
20 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) 2210
21 Safin, Marat (RUS) 2110
22 Andreev, Igor (RUS) 2025
23 Gasquet, Richard (FRA) 1985
24 Soderling, Robin (SWE) 1950
25 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 1870
26 Karlovic, Ivo (CRO) 1855
27 Tursunov, Dmitry (RUS) 1820
28 Fish, Mardy (USA) 1815
29 Schuettler, Rainer (GER) 1765
30 Kiefer, Nicolas (GER) 1730

Notes
Federer now trails Nadal by 3450 points.
Murray cut Djokovic’s lead to 170 points.
Del Potro jumped two spots to number five.
Simon and Verdasco each moved up one spot to seven and eight respectively.
Davydenko dropped four spots to number nine.
Safin is inching up to the top twenty by moving up two spots to number 21.
Troiki jumped five spots to 36.
Chardy cruised two positions to his personal best ranking of 43.
Tipsarevic and Youzhny each dropped 10 spots to 56 and 72 respectively.
Former world number one, Ferrero dropped another seven spots to 115. Ay! For his sake, he better not lose tomorrow.

1 Bryan, B. (USA) / Bryan, M. (USA) 3265
2 Mirnyi, M. (BLR) / Ram, A. (ISR) 1735
3 Bhupathi, M. (IND) / Knowles, M. (BAH) 1515
4 Kubot, L. (POL) / Marach, O. (AUT) 1200
5 Dlouhy, L. (CZE) / Paes, L. (IND) 1200
6 Damm, M. (CZE) / Lindstedt, R. (SWE) 1025
7 Cermak, F. (CZE) / Mertinak, M. (SVK) 1010
8 Fish, M. (USA) / Roddick, A. (USA) 1000
9 Nestor, D. (CAN) / Zimonjic, N. (SRB) 890
10 Parrott, T. (USA) / Polasek, F. (SVK) 840

Note
Miryni and Ram jumped eight spots to number two after their win in Miami.

Andy Murray bested Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-5 in the Championship match. The match lasted 102 minutes. It was an overall solid performance for Murray.

In the opening set, Murray dominated, and Djokovic mishit a lot of balls. Murray struck first with a break in first game after a Djokovic mishit. The set went downhill quickly from there.

It looked like the beginning of a tragedy after Murray broke Djokovic in the first game of the second set. The trainer game out after game one, and it looked like the audience would be treated to another Djokovic retirement.

Djokovic instead came out from the timeout and broke Murray back. Unforced errors creeped into Murray’s game, and Djokovic started attacking Murray’s second serve. Djokovic then rattled off four games in a row. Murray hung around and stepped up his groundstokes and serve. Murray woke up in time to break back in game nine, which set up the hold for the tie at 5-5. He then cruised to victory from there.

The victory is Murray’s 11th career ATP title and third ATP Masters title and puts him only 170 points behind Djokovic. Over the next two months, Murray has only 520 points to defend while Djokovic has 2800 points to defend. The next two months occur during the clay season, Murray’s weakest surface. He still should be able to overtake Djokovic sooner rather than later.

As for Djokovic, it is never good when a player follows up a solid performance with a dud. Djokovic did save face in the second set. I know he is human, but he also wants to be world number one. His team is going to have to do something about his aversion to the heat if he wants to stay competitive with the big boys. Conversely, his win over Federer will keep Federer honest and not let the other players take him for granted. Djokovic is doing better than before, but he still has a ways to go to return to his original form.

(Image: Wilfredo Lee/AP)

1 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 14990
2 Federer, Roger (SUI) 10910
3 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 8420
4 Murray, Andy (GBR) 7850
5 Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS) 4735
6 Roddick, Andy (USA) 4610
7 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 4470
8 Simon, Gilles (FRA) 3930
9 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 3590
10 Monfils, Gael (FRA) 3550
11 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 3195
12 Ferrer, David (ESP) 3045
13 Gonzalez, Fernando (CHI) 2850
14 Blake, James (USA) 2785
15 Nalbandian, David (ARG) 2735
16 Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 2730
17 Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 2540
18 Cilic, Marin (CRO) 2515
19 Stepanek, Radek (CZE) 2470
20 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) 2270
21 Andreev, Igor (RUS) 2230
22 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 2230
23 Safin, Marat (RUS) 2075
24 Soderling, Robin (SWE) 2010
25 Gasquet, Richard (FRA) 1995
26 Tursunov, Dmitry (RUS) 1925
27 Karlovic, Ivo (CRO) 1855
28 Fish, Mardy (USA) 1815
29 Kiefer, Nicolas (GER) 1755
30 Ancic, Mario (CRO) 1735

Notes
Nadal leads Federer by 4080 pts.
Murray trails Djokovic by just 570 pts.
Roddick is now sixth.
Verdasco is up one spot and now ranked ninth.
Gonzalez jumped four spots to 13.
Kiefer rose three places to 29 since returning from injury.
Chardy rose three spots to 45.
Bellucci climbed to 65 from 69.
Ivan Ljubicic rose six spots to 68 after struggling last year.
Tommy Haas has been plagued with injuries and sank 23 spots to 87.
Juan Carlos Ferrero is out with an injury and dropped 24 spots to 108. Aargh!

The new rankings are out with some changes this week. The good news: Fernando Verdasco cracked into the top ten for the first time and he deserves to after his Australian Open semifinal. The bad news: Juan Carlos Ferrero slid to No. 101. Let’s hope the former No. 1 stays healthy this year and moves into the top fifty.

h/t (ATP)