After beating Dutchman Robin Haase (4-6, 6-1 and 6-1) last Friday in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam, Roger Federer returned, after five years, to position himself as the number one 1 of the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP), displacing the Spanish Rafael Nadal from the top of the classification.
The Swiss kept the hot streak and took home the Rotterdam trophy this Sunday, winning a double 6-2 against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. With this victory, Federer reached the 97th title of his career, becoming, at 36 years and 6 months, the number one oldest in history, thus surpassing the record of the American Andre Agassi, who was 33 years old. when he last held this position in 2003.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal moved to second place in the standings, while Dimitrov displaced German Alexander Zverev (5th) and moved to fourth place.
South African Kevin Anderson jumped two steps and managed to enter the privileged table of the top 10, now occupying ninth place. For his part, Argentine Juan Martin del Potro dropped one (10th) but remains within the exclusive group.
he Spaniards Albert Ramos Viñolas and Roberto Bautista Agut climbed one ladder and were positioned in places number 19 and 22, respectively. However, the also Spanish Pablo Carreño Busta dropped one place and left the table of the 10 best in the world.
ATP world rankings
.one. Roger Federer (SUI) 10,105 points
.two. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 9,760
.3. Marin Cilic (CRO) 4,960
.4. Grigor Dimitriv (BUL) 4,635
.5. Alexander Zverev (ALE) 4,450
.6. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 4,220
.7. David Goffin (BEL) 3,280
.8. Jack Sock (USA) 2,880
.9. Kevin Anderson (AFS) 2,825
.10. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) 2,815
Federer triumphs in Rotterdam and displaces Nadal to second place
