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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;"><b>MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal continued his dominant streak over Roger Federer to reach the Australian Open final for the third time, beating the 17-time major winner 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 Friday to set up a championship decider against No. 8-seeded Stan Wawrinka.</b></span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Nadal now has won 23 of his 33 matches against Federer, including nine of 11 in the majors. </span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The 27-year-old Spaniard is one victory away from being the first man in the Open era to win all four majors at least twice, and from joining Pete Sampras in second place on the list of all-time Grand Slam winners with 14.</span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">At the end of the night, Federer knew he wouldn´t even be the No. 1-ranked player in Switzerland next week. </span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Wawrinka will replace Federer as their country´s highest-ranked player. (AP)</span></div>
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MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal continued his dominant streak over Roger Federer to reach the Australian Open final for the third time, beating the 17-time major winner 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 Friday to set up a championship decider against No. 8-seeded Stan Wawr…

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<b>SHANGHAI: Rafael Nadal was confirmed as the new world number one in the latest ATP tennis rankings published on Monday, pushing Novak Djokovic to second as Roger Federer drops to seventh.</b><br />
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Nadal has 11,160 points, just 40 ahead of Djokovic, who lost his grip on the top spot despite defeating the Mallorcan to win the China Open on Sunday.<br />
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Britain's Andy Murray, currently recuperating from back surgery, is third in the revised rankings but Swiss great Federer sinks one place from sixth to seventh.<br />
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Spain's David Ferrer remains at number four, just 185 points off Murray's tally, while Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro moves up two places to fifth after winning the Japan Open.<br />
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Since returning in February after seven months out with a left knee injury, Nadal, 27, has won 10 titles, including the French Open and US Open.<br />
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Until Sunday's loss to Djokovic, he had been unbeaten since Wimbledon, where he was a shock first-round loser to Belgium's Steve Darcis.<br />
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Nadal has previously had two stints at the summit of men's tennis. He first became number one in August 2008 and stayed there for 46 weeks, regaining top spot in June 2010 and adding 56 weeks to his tally.<br />
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1 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 11,160 (+1)<br />
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2 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 11,120 (-1)<br />
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3 Murray, Andy (GBR) 6,895 <br />
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4 Ferrer, David (ESP) 6,710 <br />
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5 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 4,925 (+2)<br />
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6 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 4,610 (-1)<br />
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7 Federer, Roger (SUI) 4,515 (-1)<br />
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8 Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 3,150 (+1)<br />
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9 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 3,115 (-1 0<br />
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10 Gasquet, Richard (FRA) 3,095<br />
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11 Raonic, Milos (CAN) 2,815<br />
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12 Haas, Tommy (GER) 2,355<br />
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13 Isner, John (USA) 2,115 (+3)<br />
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14 Simon, Gilles (FRA) 2,095<br />
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15 Janowicz, Jerzy (POL) 2,060<br />
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16 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) 2,030 (+1)<br />
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17 Fognini, Fabio (ITA) 1,885 (+2)<br />
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18 Nishikori, Kei (JPN) 1,840 (-5)<br />
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19 Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 1,830 (-1)<br />
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20 Anderson, Kevin (RSA) 1,775 <br />
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AFP atp tennis ranking rafeal nadal shangai SPORTS tennis Nadal rises to world no.1, Federer drops

SHANGHAI: Rafael Nadal was confirmed as the new world number one in the latest ATP tennis rankings published on Monday, pushing Novak Djokovic to second as Roger Federer drops to seventh. Nadal has 11,160 points, just 40 ahead of Djokovic, who lost …