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Roger Federer becomes oldest world number one

| | Feb 19, 2018, at 09:59 pm

Madrid,  Feb 19 (IBNS): Switzerland's Roger Federer officially became the number one player in the world, as per the latest ATP ranking list released on Monday.

He is the oldest Tennis player to hold the number one post.

Federer recently won the Australian Open.

He is holding the number one position with  10,105 points.

Spain's Rafael Nadal is in the second position with  9,760 points.

Federer removed him from the number one spot.

The current ATP rankings are given below:

1. Roger Federer (Switzerland) 10,105

2. Rafael Nadal (Spain) 9,760 points

3. Marin Cilic (Croatia) 4,960

4. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 4,635

5. Alexander Zverev (Germany) 4,450

6. Dominic Thiem (Austria) 4,220

7. David Goffin (Belgium) 3,280

8. Jack Sock (United States) 2,880

9. Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 2,825

10. Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) 2,815.

Image: Wikimedia Commons

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