Federer gains ground in men’s rankings

BERLIN - Roger Federer, who won his home event in Basel, has closed the gap on top ranked Rafael Nadal in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings released Monday.

Nadal still has a convincing lead of more than 4,000 points, but Federer closed the gap by 200 points and could move even closer with a good showing at the Paris Masters this week.

ATP top 10 as of Nov 8 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 11,880 points

2. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 7,695

3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 6,945

4. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 5,670

5. (5) Robin Soderling, Sweden, 4,960

6. (6) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 3,710

7. (8) David Ferrer, Spain, 3,645

8. (9) Andy Roddick, US, 3,485

9 (7) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,240

10. (10) Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 2,955