Federer still top of the pile
2005-05-23 11:10
Hamburg - Roger Federer of Switzerland leads the year-long ATP tennis points race into the French Open which started on Monday, with Rafael Nadal of Spain the only challenger to dethrone him at the Paris Grand Slam.
Federer tops Monday's list with 575 points ahead of the Spanish teenager Nadal (465) and Australian Lleyton Hewitt (253).
With 200 points awarded for the Paris title, only Nadal - playing in Paris for the first time coming off titles in Rome and Monte Carlo - can topple Federer, who has never gone beyond the quarters there.
ATP points race top 10 as of May 23 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 575 points; 2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 465; 3. (3) Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 253; 4. (4) Marat Safin, Russia, 245; 5. (5) Andy Roddick, United States, 244; 6. (6) Guillermo Coria, Argentina, 236; 7. (10) Nikolay Davidenko, Russia, 224; 8. (7) Gaston Gaudio, Argentina, 218; 9. (8) Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, 215; 10. (9) Andre Agassi, United States, 209.
- SAPA