Roger Federer enjoyed another week atop the men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP, while the man who beat him in the Basle final, Novak Djokovic, closed in on second place.
Federer took 10,340 points into this week's Paris Masters. Spain's Rafael Nadal has 8,845 points and the Serbian Djokovic is on 8,300 after beating Federer in three sets Sunday in his native Switzerland. The list of top-10 players remains unchanged.
ATP top 10 as of Nov 9 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 10,340 points
2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 8,845
3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia,8,300
4. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 7,140
5. (5) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 6,050
6. (6) Andy Roddick, United States, 4,500
7. (7) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 4,430
8. (8) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,360
9. (9) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France,2,985
10. (10) Robin Soderling, Sweden, 2,935