April 4th Rankings

As expected, after continuing his spectacular run to start the year, Novak Djokovic moves up to #2, ahead of Roger Federer. Andy Roddick, winner last year, fell in the second round, and dropped all the way tp 13th, allowing Tomas Berydch up to 9th and Gael Monfils back into the top 10. Juan Martin del Potro also returned to the rankings, and while he isn't in the top 10, he could move up from 12th soon.

Winners:
Miami
#2 Novak Djokovic SRB (2)
1st round Bye
2nd round Denis Istomin UZB (57) | 6-0 6-1
3rd round James Blake USA (81) | 6-2 6-0
3rd round #16 Viktor Troicki SRB (20) | 6-3 6-2
Quarters Kevin Anderson RSA (44) | 6-4 6-2
Semis #14 Mardy Fish USA (11) | 6-3 6-1
Final #1 Rafael Nadal ESP (1) | 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)
Average Opponent Rank 35.7

Yet another tournament win for Novak Djokovic, who was dominant up until his meeting with Nadal, which was a close match. He was fortunate that he played a fairly weak slate of opponents to make the final, but it's unlikely that a tougher road would have given him much trouble, given his form.


Challengers:
Bath: #3 Dmitry Tursunov RUS (63) d. #6 Andreas Beck GER (131)
Caltanissetta: #3 Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT (120) d. Matteo Viola ITA (197)
Marrakech: #1 Rui Machado POR (125) d. Maxime Teixeira FRA (183)
Pingguo: #1 Go Soeda JPN (111) d. #5 Matthias Bachinger GER (129)
Barletta: Aljaz Bedene SLO (141) d. #3 Filippo Volandri ITA (96)
Barranquilla: Facundo Bagnis ARG (238) d. #8 Diego Junqueira ARG (162)
Saint Brieuc: Maxime Teixeira FRA (183) d. #3 Benoit Paire FRA (184)

Futures:
Croatia F3: Kristijan Mesaros CRO (201)
India F2: Adam Kellner HUN (293)
Italy F3: Dusan Lajovic SRB (227)
Spain F9: Jan-Lennard Struff GER (292)
Switzerland F2: Johannes Ager AUT (158)
Turkey F10: Miljan Zekic SRB (408)
Australia F3: James Lemke AUS (323)
Chile F1: Stefano Travaglia ITA (417)
Croatia F4: Kristijan Mesaros CRO (201)
Spain F10: Pedro Clar-Rossello ESP (303)
Switzerland F3: Chris Eaton GBR (402)
Thailand F1: Danai Udomchoke THA (242)
Turkey F11: Radu Albot MDA (498)
USA F8: Arnau Brugues-Davi ESP (264)

Riser of the Week (top 100):
Kevin Anderson RSA (44), Up 6
The South African has had a very solid start to the year, and got a great result in Miami. He made the quarterfinals, getting some solid wins over Nikolay Davydenko (47), Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (35) and John Isner (32), before falling to Novak Djokovic in the quarters.

Riser of the Week (other):
Maxime Teixeira FRA (183), Up 57
Teixeira had a huge run on the clay challenger circuit to move up into the top 200. He went 9-1 over the two weeks, making the final in Marrakech, then winning St. Brieuc. He beat Maxi Gonzalez (77), Jan Hajek (90) and Ivo Minar (153), among others, in his 9 wins.

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Andy Roddick USA (13), Down 4
Roddick won Miami last year, beating Nicolas Almagro (15), Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych (9). This year, he suffered an upset first round loss to Pablo Cuevas (58), to take him out of the top 10.

Dropper of the Week (other):
Jan Minar CZE (356), Down 77
Minar has struggle with injuries since August, and while's he's still ranked, he lost a finals appearance at the Jersey challenger last year, dropping him out of the top 300. It's unclear when he'll return to action, and it's likely he'll fall out of the ranked players next week.


1 (1). Rafael Nadal ESP - 835.6
Last week: Miami F (l. Djokovic)

2 (3). Novak Djokovic SRB - 824.7
Last week: Miami W

3 (2). Roger Federer SUI - 822.3
Last week: Miami SF (l. Nadal)

4 (4). Robin Soderling SWE - 797.2
Last week: Miami R32 (l. del Potro)

5 (5). Andy Murray GBR - 791.9
Last week: Miami R64 (l. Bogomolov Jr.)

6 (6). David Ferrer ESP - 786.8
Last week: Miami QF (l. Fish)

7 (7). Stanislas Wawrinka SUI - 782.4
Last week: Miami R64 (l. Granollers)

8 (8). David Nalbandian ARG - 778.7
Last week: None

9 (10). Tomas Berdych CZE - 779.1
Last week: Miami QF (l. Nadal)

10 (11). Gael Monfils FRA - 774.0
Last week: None

11 (13). Mardy Fish USA - 773.6
Last week: Miami SF (l. Djokovic)

12 (-). Juan Martin del Potro ARG - 773.2
Last week: Miami R16 (l. Fish)

13 (9). Andy Roddick USA - 7769.4
Last week: Miami R64 (l. Cuevas)

14 (14). Jurgen Melzer AUT - 768.0
Last week: Miami R64 (l. Petzschner)

15 (15). Nicolas Almagro ESP - 766.0
Last week: Miami R32 (l. Mayer)

16 (12). Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA - 763.9
Last week: Miami R32 (l. Dolgopolov)

17 (16). Fernando Verdasco ESP - 763.2
Last week: Miami R64 (l. Andujar)

18 (18). Richard Gasquet FRA - 761.0
Last week: Miami R32 (l. Fish)

19 (17). Mikhail Youzhny RUS - 757.8
Last week: Miami R32 (l. Rochus)

20 (19). Viktor Troicki SRB - 757.5
Last week: Miami R16 (l. Djokovic)

21 (20). Gilles Simon FRA - 757.2
Last week: Miami QF (l. Federer)

22 (21). Philipp Kohlschreiber GER - 750.1
Last week: Miami R64 (l. del Potro)

23 (22). Marin Cilic CRO - 748.6
Last week: Miami R64 (l. Tipsarevic)

24 (24). Lleyton Hewitt AUS - 747.2
Last week: Miami R128 (l. Lu)

25 (23). Michael Llodra FRA - 746.4
Last week: Miami R32 (l. Granollers)

In: Juan Martin del Potro
Out: Juan Carlos Ferrero