Hamburg - Rafael Nadal tops the men's tennis rankings issued on Monday and is also assured of first place in next week's final standings despite his injury-related absence from the season-ender in Shanghai. Spain's Nadal leads an unchanged top 10 with 6,675 points from former top man Roger Federer of Switzerland (5,205) and Serb Novak Djokovic (4,645).
The season-ending eight-player Masters Cup started on Sunday in Shanghai.
ATP top 10 as of November 10 (previous ranking in parenthesis): "#" 1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 6,675 points 2. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 5,205 3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 4,645 4. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 3,420 5. (5) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 2,315 6. (6) Andy Roddick, US, 1,970 7. (7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 1,950 8. (8) Juan Martin Del Potro, Argentina, 1,845 9. (9) Gilles Simon, France, 1,780 10. (10) James Blake, US, 1,775 "#"
