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Rafael Nadal replaces Roger Federer as No. 1

Paris: Spain’s Rafael Nadal has replaced Roger Federer as the new World No. 1 and Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic toppled compatriot Jelena Jankovic at the top of the ATP rankings released on Monday.

Federer, 27, relinquishes his hold on the top spot after 237 weeks.

The Swiss player has struggled all season, while Nadal, 22, has played some of the best tennis of his career, winning eight titles including Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the Olympic gold. Asked about his feelings on becoming No. 1, the Mallorcan left-hander, said: “I’m very happy to be No. 1. But the feeling doesn’t change too much because the last years I did very well, too.”

Sania drops

Meanwhile, Sania Mirza’s woeful Olympic performance has seen her drop two places to 65 in the singles chart of the latest WTA rankings.

The misery continued in the doubles as well as she and Sunitha Rao made a first-round exit but that has not affected her doubles rankings and the Indian continues to hold steady at 27th.

Meanwhile, in the ATP charts, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi did not experience any major rise or fall despite a disappointing Olympic campaign in which the reunited partners were knocked out in the quarterfinals.

While Bhupathi rose a spot to 12th this week, Paes dropped a rung to 16th. — Agencies

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