Rafael Nadal is world No 1

Rafael Nadal has proved himself that he is the king of the tennis. He has won the french open final and bagged the grand slam title on sunday.

Robin Soderling got defeated by Nadal and Nadal achieved this title in a straight sets of 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal not only topped the ATP list, also he was the second man to take five titles at Roland Garros after the great Bjorn Borg.

It was the fifth French Open title for Nadal at Roland Garros, achieved in only six years.

Soderling moved up one place in the rankings to a career-high sixth while Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro, who missed the French Open while he recovers from wrist surgery, dropped to eighth.

ATP top 10 as of June 7 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 8,700 points
2. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 8,390
3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 6,675
4. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 5,385
5. (5) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 4,785
6. (7) Robin Soderling, Sweden, 4,755
7. (8) Andy Roddick, United States, 4,510
8. (6) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 4,395
9. (9) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,645
10.(10) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3,185

Tennis-Men's world rankings

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer stayed ahead of Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray at the top of the men's tennis rankings, published by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Monday.The Swiss Federer had dethroned Spanish rival Nadal last week after 10 and a half months at the top.Federer stays top, while Roddick moves one step up in ATP rankings.

ATP top 10 as of July 13 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 11,220 points
2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 10,735
3. (3) Andy Murray, Britain, 9,450
4. (4) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 8,150
5. (6) Andy Roddick, United States, 5,440
6. (5) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 5,425
7. (7) Gilles Simon, France, 4,000
8. (9) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3,600
9. (8) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,500
10. (10) Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, 3,185