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Djokovic closes in on Nadal and Federer

PARIS: Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic has closed the gaps on long-time ATP World rankings leaders Roger Federer and Raphael Nadal.

The 20-year-old Serb’s Melbourne triumph, his first in a Grand Slam tournament, sees him move to just 815 points behind the Spaniard, who will be looking forward to the claycourt season in the spring.

The biggest mover among the top players was made by losing finalist in Melbourne Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France who climbs 20 places to 18th while the man he beat in the fourth round, Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, is up six to a career-best eighth.

The ATP Top 20: 1. Roger Federer (Sui) 6630 pts, 2. Rafael Nadal (Esp) 5980, 3. Novak Djokovic (Srb) 5165, 4. Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 2725, 5. David Ferrer (Esp) 2715, 6. Andy Roddick (USA) 2155, 7. Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1895 (+1), 8. Mikhaol Youzhny (Rus) 1845 (+6), 9. James Blake (USA) 1710 (+6), 10. David Nalbandian (Arg) 1700, 11. Tomas Berdych (Cze) 1685 (+2), 12. Andy Murray (Gbr) 1685 (-3), 13. Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 1640 (+3), 14. Guillermo Canas (Arg) 1573 (+3), 15. Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) 1515 (+6), 16. Carlos Moya (Esp) 1505 (+2), 17. Tommy Robredo (Esp) 1490 (-5), 18. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 1489 (+20), 19. Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 1465 (+6), 20. Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 1460 (+2).

The WTA Top 20: 1. Justine Henin (Bel) 6,680 points 2. Ana Ivanovic (Srb) 4,126, 3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 3,760, 4. Jelena Jankovic (Srb) 3,700 5. Maria Sharapova (Rus) 3,256, 6. Venus Williams (USA) 2,720, 7. Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 2,720, 8. Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 2,677, 9. Marion Bartoli (Fra) 2,133, 10. Serena Williams, (USA), 2,022, 11. Elena Dementieva (Rus) 1,985, 12. Nadia Petrova (Rus) 1,912, 13. Tatiana Golovin (Fra) 1,852, 14. Patty Schnyder (Sui) 1,756, 15. Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 1,667, 16. Dinara Safina (Rus) 1,662, 17. Shahar Peer (Isr) 1,480, 18. Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) 1,453, 19. Sybille Bammer (Aut) 1,366, 20. Agnes Szavay (Hun) 1,303. — Agencies

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