Tennis News: Roger Federer falls to no. 3, Andy Murray takes over no. 2 in latest ATP Rankings

It’s a double black-eye for former top player Roger Federer of Switzerland this week as he fell to No. 3 in the ATP rankings and recently lost to an unknown in the second round of the 2015 Shanghai Masters on Tuesday.

In the latest tennis world rankings, Federer dropped to the third spot as Andy Murray of Great Britain took over the second spot. Federer with 8,420 points now trails Murray, who currently has 8,640 in the last update. Federer held the No. 2 spot since Oct. 13, 2014 and exactly a year later, he’s down one spot at this point of the tennis season.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia is still the runaway No. 1 player in the world with 15,785 points. Completing the top five in the latest ATP rankings are Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in fourth place and Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic in fifth place.

Spanish players Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer exchanged places as former world No. 1 Nadal moved up to 7th place and his compatriot dropped to 8th place. Kevin Anderson of South Africa entered the top ten and was previously ranked in 12th place.

Meanwhile, Federer lost to Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who is ranked No. 70 in the world, in three sets, 7-6 (4) 2-6 6-3 in the second round of the ATP 1000 tournament in China. Federer won the same event last year and the loss will further cement Murray as world No. 2 in the next update of the ATP rankings.

ATP Rankings – Top 10 (As of Oct. 12, 2015):
1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) - 15,785
2. Andy Murray (Scotland) - 8,640
3. Roger Federer (Switzerland) - 8,420
4. Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) - 6,495
5. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) – 4,910
6. Kei Nishikori (Japan) - 4,710
7. Rafael Nadal (Spain) - 4.060
8. David Ferrer (Spain) - 3,945
9. Milos Raonic (Canada) – 2,770
10. Kevin Anderson (South Africa) – 2,475

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