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Djokovic still ahead of Nadal as Swiatek moves up 37 spots

- PARIS -AFP

Rafael Nadal remains 1,890 points behind Novak Djokovic in ATP rankings released Monday despite having beaten him for a 13th French Open title at the weekend.

Behind the Roland Garros finalists lie Austrian Dominic Thiem, who reached the quarter-finals in Paris, and Roger Federer, who has been sidelined from tournament play since the Australian Open in January. Poland's first singles Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek, meanwhile, has shot up 37 places to 17th in the WTA rankings following her stunning French Open performanc­e over the weekend.

The 19-year-old Pole ensured her place in history when she became her country's first major singles champion on Saturday. The top three remains unchanged in the WTA standings, Australian Ashleigh Barty still leading the rankings despite opting out of competing at Roland Garros over Covid-19 fears.

The biggest mover

in the top 20 ATP rankings was Argentina's Diego Schwartzma­n, who made the semi-finals in Paris and moves up six places to a career-high eighth.

Top 20 rankings (as of Oct 12, 2020):

ATP: 1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 11740 points, 2. Rafael Nadal (Spain) 9850, 3. Dominic Thiem (Austria) 9125, 4. Roger Federer (Switzerlan­d) 6630, 5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 5925 (+1), 6. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 5890 (1), 7. Alexander Zverev (Germany) 4650, 8. Diego Schwartzma­n (Argentina) 3180 (+6), 9. Matteo Berrettini (Italy) 3075 (-1), 10. Andrey Rublev (Russia) 2974 (+2), 11. Gal Monfils (France) 2860 (-2), 12. Denis

Shapovalov (Canada) 2695 (1), 13. Roberto Bautista (Spain) 2665 (-3), 14. David Goffin (Belgium) 2555 (-1), 15. Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) 2400 (+3), 16. Fabio Fognini (Italy) 2400 (-1), 17. Karen Khachanov (Russia) 2200 (-1), 18. Stan Wawrinka (Switzerlan­d) 2185 (-1), 19. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 2145 (+1), 20. Christian Garin (Chile) 2090 (-1).

WTA: 1. Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 8717 points, 2. Simona Halep (Romania) 7255. 3. Naomi Osaka (Japan) 5780, 4. Sofia Kenin (US) 5760 (+2), 5. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5260. 6. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 5205 (-2), 7. Bianca Andreescu (Canada) 4555, 8. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4516 (+3), 9.

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