from 10S Balls:
Heading into the Madrid Masters, Rafael Nadal holds onto his reign at No. 1 in the ATP Singles Rankings, although he boasts a smaller lead over world No. 2 Novak Djokovic and world No. 3 Roger Federer this week. The Spaniard now leads Djokovic by over 2,000 points, with a total of 11,915 points at the top spot. Djokovic has 9,710 points this week, and Federer trails Djokovic with 8,690 points. Neither Nadal nor Federer competed last week, however, while Djokovic earned his fifth title and extended his winning streak this year at the Serbian Open.
The upcoming clay-court events in Madrid, Rome, and Paris will be crucial as Nadal, Djokovic, and Federer continue their battle atop the rankings. Of the three, Nadal has the most to lose as the defending champion of all three tournaments. Djokovic, meanwhile, reached last year’s quarterfinals in Rome, skipped the Madrid Masters, and reached the French Open quarterfinals. Federer was ousted in the round of 32 in Rome, advanced to the finals in Madrid before losing to Nadal, and fell in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros.
The top 10 remains fairly steady for another week, with Britain’s Andy Murray at No. 4, Sweden’s Robin Soderling at No. 5, Spain’s David Ferrer at No. 6, the Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych at No. 7, and Austria’s Jurgen Melzer at No. 8. Nicolas Almagro of Spain and Gael Monfils of France have switched places, with Almagro now at a career high of No. 9 and Monfils at No. 10.
They'd better get to the arcade and get some serious Pac-Man in.
seriously though what are we talking about, who decides these things
