Another Grand Slam has just finished so the effect on the rankings will take effect this week depending on the performance of the players concerned. Rafael Nadal, US Open 2010 champion, cements his #1 position, with an almost 5000 point lead over #2, Novak Djokovic. Rafa, completes his Career Slam with this title and he also adds it to the Wimbledon and French Open titles he won this year. 2010 is looking to be his year.
Djokovic, runnerup on this year's US Open, moves back to #2 this week, as he trades places with Federer, who went down to #3. There are two new entrants in the Top 10. Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, a returning semi-finalist at this year's US Open, jumps from #14 to #9, while David Ferrer of Spain moved from #12 to #10. He reached the 4th round at this year's US Open, falling to Fernando Verdasco.
Within the top 20, the biggest mover was Stanislas Wawrinka, a quarterfinalist at this year's US Open, and he moves from #27 to #20. In the Top 100, the biggest mover was Italian, Fabio Fognini, jumping from #86 to #71. Interestingly, Fognini lost in the first round to Fernando Verdasco, in a hard-fought five-set match. Robin Haase of the Netherlands is another big mover, jumping from # 83 to #70, although he was not even in the main draw of the US Open. There are two newcomers to the Top 100, and both are Frenchment, Edouard Roger-Vasselin who jumps from #115 to #100, and Paul Henri-Mathieu who reenters at #97, jumping 12 notches.
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