Federer drops out of ATP top three after eight years

Roger Federer

Roger Federer dropped out the top three of the men's tennis rankings after more than eight years on Monday as in-form Andy Murray moved ahead of him. Murray title hat-trick in the Asian swing which culminated Sunday with the Shanghai Masters crown, gave the Scot enough points to leapfrog the former number one from Switzerland. Murray has 7,825 to Federer's 7,780. Federer was in the top three without interruption since July 2003. Novak Djokovic of Serbia remained first with 13,860 points from Rafael Nadal of Spain, who has 10,375 points. ATP top 10 as of October 17 (previous ranking in parenthesis): <#> 1. (1) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 13,860 points 2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 10,375 3. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 7,825 4. (3) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 7,780 5. (5) David Ferrer, Spain, 4,710 6. (6) Robin Soderling, Sweden, 3,500 7. (7) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 3,230 8. (9) Mardy Fish, United States, 2,965 9. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 2,880 10. (10) Gael Monfils, France, 2,525