May 9th Rankings

Novak Djokovic's win in Madrid still has him at #2, but the margin between the Serb and Nadal is now razor thin. If Djokovic continues his good form in Rome this week, he should stand a great chance of seizing top spot. Tomas Berdych comes back into the top ten, rising two spots to 9th, changing places with Jurgen Melzer who drops to 11th.

Winners:

Madrid
#2 Novak Djokovic SRB (2)
1st round Bye
2nd round Kevin Anderson RSA (47) | 6-3 6-4
3rd round Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP (30) | 6-1 6-2
Quarters #6 David Ferrer ESP (6) | 6-4 4-6 6-3
Semis Thomaz Bellucci BRA (43) | 4-6 6-4 6-1
Final #1 Rafael Nadal ESP (1) | 7-5 6-4
Average Opponent Rank 25.4

Djokovic's supremacy extended to the clay, as he beat Nadal in Spain, a shocking result that truly shows how far he has advanced to the top of the world game. He was put under pressure in a couple of matches, in the quarters and semis, but came through well, before doing a great job to resist a fightback from Nadal in the first set.

Challengers:
Prague: Lukas Rosol CZE (110) d. #8 Alex Bogomolov Jr. USA (102) | 7-6(1) 5-2 Retired
Rome: Simone Bolelli ITA (115) d. Eduardo Schwank ARG (149) | 2-6 6-1 6-3
Savannah: Wayne Odesnik USA (74) d. #3 Donald Young USA (86) | 6-4 6-4

Futures:
Argentina F4: Martin Alund ARG (279)
Bosnia & Herzegovina F1: Toni Androic CRO (478)
Brazil F12: Tiago Lopes BRA (547)
Bulgaria F1: Axel Michon FRA (324)
Great Britain F6: Mathieu Rodrigues FRA (321)
Italy F8: Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy FRA (280)
Kazakhstan F2: Federico Gaio ITA (572)
Spain F14: Joao Sousa POR (268)
Sweden F1: Ervin Eleskovic SWE (357)
Turkey F16: Riccardo Sinicropi ITA (521)
USA F11: Gerald Melzer AUT (501)
Venezuela F2: David Souto VEN (451)


Riser of the Week (top 100):
Wayne Odesnik USA (74), Up 31
The American, who faced an ATP ban after being caught transporting HGH in December 2009, has done well for himself by rebuidling his ranking in the last few months. Odesnik had to qualify at a challenger in Savannah this week, and promptly went on an 8-0 run, including beating two players the USTA would surely rather see succeed, Ryan Harrison (97) and Donald Young (86), among others.

Riser of the Week (other):
Lukas Rosol CZE (110), Up 25
Rosol, who fell a fair margin last week, got most of it back with a home challenger win, as he took the title in Prague. He did benifit from two retirements, including from the returning Fernando Gonzalez (n/a), but also beat Julien Benneteau (45) on his way to the title.

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Philipp Petzschner GER (56), Down 9
Petzschner had a bit of a quirk in his rankings, due to the scheduling change this year; he had last year and this year's Munich both on last week. This week, last year's came off, this was a week that saw him make the semis, including a big win over Tomas Berdych (9). The drop sent Petzschner out of the top 50.

Dropper of the Week (other):
Filip Krajinovic SRB (293), Down 88
The 19-year-old Serbian has not played a match since October, but still had a solid ranking thaks to a solid 2010. A lot of his ranking hinged on a semifinal in Belgrade, which saw him beat Horacio Zeballos (133), and beifit from the retirement of Novak Djokovic along the way.


1 (1). Rafael Nadal ESP - 837.5
Last week: Madrid F (l. Djokovic)

2 (2). Novak Djokovic SRB - 835.6
Last week: Madrid W

3 (3). Roger Federer SUI - 827.3
Last week: Madrid SF (l. Nadal)

4 (4). Robin Soderling SWE - 796.8
Last week: Madrid QF (l. Federer)

5 (5). Andy Murray GBR - 794.6
Last week: Madrid R16 (l. Bellucci)

6 (6). David Ferrer ESP - 789.2
Last week: Madrid QF (l. Djokovic)

7 (7). Juan Martin del Potro ARG - 785.1
Last week: Madrid R16 (Walkover)

8 (8). David Nalbandian ARG - 775.7
Last week: None

9 (11). Tomas Berdych CZE - 775.0
Last week: Madrid QF (l. Bellucci)

10 (10). Stanislas Wawrinka SUI - 773.4
Last week: Madrid R64 (l. Garcia-Lopez)

11 (9). Jurgen Melzer AUT - 773.3
Last week: Madrid R32 (l. Gimeno-Traver)

12 (12). Gael Monfils FRA - 771.8
Last week: Madrid R32 (l. Monaco)

13 (13). Mardy Fish USA - 771.2
Last week: Madrid R64 (l. Isner)

14 (14). Nicolas Almagro ESP - 770.8
Last week: Madrid R64 (l. Tsonga)

15 (15). Andy Roddick USA - 787.7
Last week: Madrid R64 (l. Cipolla)

16 (16). Richard Gasquet FRA - 763.4
Last week: Madrid R64 (l. Gimeno-Traver)

17 (18). Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA - 759.3
Last week: Madrid R16 (l. Soderling)

18 (17). Viktor Troicki SRB - 759.1
Last week: Madrid R64 (l. Mayer)

19 (19). Gilles Simon FRA - 756.4
Last week: Madrid R32 (l. Murray)

20 (21). Lleyton Hewitt AUS - 753.0
Last week: None

21 (20). Mikhail Youzhny RUS - 750.6
Last week: Madrid R64 (l. del Potro)

22 (22). Marin Cilic CRO - 749.6
Last week: Madrid R32 (l. del Potro)

23 (25). Michael Llodra FRA - 748.4
Last week: Madrid QF (l. Nadal)

24 (23). Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR - 748.0
Last week: Madrid R64 (l. Giraldo)

25 (27). Florian Mayer GER - 746.4
Last week: Madrid R32 (l. Bellucci)

In: Florian Mayer
Out: Fernando Verdasco