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Serbian Novak Djokovic, who on Sunday won the Indian Wells title, moved into second place in the world tennis rankings released by the ATP on Monday.
Djokovic, who beat former world number one Roger Federer in the semi-finals and as a result swapped places in the rankings with him, went on to beat Rafael Nadal in the final.
The Spaniard, however, continues to hold a convincing lead at the top of nearly 4,000 points.
ATP top 10 as of March 21 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 12,630 2. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 8,710 3. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 8,280 4. (4) Robin Soderling, Sweden, 5,735 5. (5) Andy Murray, Britain, 5,545 6. (6) David Ferrer, Spain, 4,510 7. (7) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 4,320 8. (8) Andy Rod****, United States, 3,260 9. (9) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,095 10. (10) Juergen Melzer, Austria, 2,695.
Djokovic, who beat former world number one Roger Federer in the semi-finals and as a result swapped places in the rankings with him, went on to beat Rafael Nadal in the final.
The Spaniard, however, continues to hold a convincing lead at the top of nearly 4,000 points.
ATP top 10 as of March 21 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 12,630 2. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 8,710 3. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 8,280 4. (4) Robin Soderling, Sweden, 5,735 5. (5) Andy Murray, Britain, 5,545 6. (6) David Ferrer, Spain, 4,510 7. (7) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 4,320 8. (8) Andy Rod****, United States, 3,260 9. (9) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,095 10. (10) Juergen Melzer, Austria, 2,695.