Federer, 20-time Grand Slam champion, closed to within 155 points of Nadal after his win last month at the Australian Open against world No.3 Marin Cilic of Croatia.
Roger Federer will remain at No. 2 behind Rafael Nadal on the ATP tour after successfully defending his Australian Open title and capturing a 20th major with a victory over Marin Cilic on Sunday night.
American Jack Sock, who earned the Paris Masters title last week, stayed in the ninth spot, ahead of Spain's Pablo Carreño Busta.
The Serbian’s elbow injury had restricted him from playing on the professional circuit since Wimbledon in July.
Nadal maintained the top spot in the latest ATP rankings despite the loss at the Shanghai Masters final on Sunday against Roger Federer.
Nadal, 16-time Grand Slam champion, maintained the top spot after claiming the China Open title for the second time in his career on Sunday beating Nick Kyrgios.
On Sunday, the Spanish legend overwhelmed big-serving South African Kevin Anderson in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to win his third championship title at Flushing Meadows.
Murray, who was out of action because of a hip injury, drops to second spot with 7,150 points.
Pliskova, the 2016 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, is joined by four past U.S. Open champions - Angelique Kerber, Venus Williams, Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
The 2016 Wimbledon champion will face Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik in the first round of Wimbledon 2017 at Centre Court on Monday.
Madrid: Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic maintained his place at No.1 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men's singles rankings released on Monday with 13,845 points.Spain's Rafael Nadal advanced to ninth after winning the
Madrid: Rafael Nadal showed an improvement in his game during the Madrid Open but lost 400 points when he was unable to defend the title against Andy Murray, causing him to fall to seventh place
New Delhi: India's top singles tennis player Somdev Devvarman dropped one place to 89 while compatriot Yuki Bhambri gained two positions and moved to 146th place in the latest ATP rankings released Monday.In the doubles
New Delhi: India's doubles tennis player Rohan Bopanna leaped four places to 12th in the latest ATP rankings released Monday.The Indian achieved the feat after clinching the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title with Pakistani
Montreal, Aug 7: Next week, for the first time in 40 years of ATP rankings, there will be no American men in the top 20.That's because John Isner, who is 20th this week, is assured
New Delhi, July 8: Rohan Bopanna on Monday became the highest-ranked Indian in the world, as he achieved career-best rank of five in the ATP doubles charts.Bopanna with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin reached the semifinals
Umag, Croatia, July 16 :Marin Cilic became the first home player to win the Croatia Open in 22 years Sunday by beating Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-4, 6-2 in the final.Cilic trailed 4-2 in the
New Delhi, Sept 26: India's singles star Somdev Devvarman, who will return to action this week, has suffered a steep slide of 19 places to 89 in the ATP rankings, issued on Monday. Somdev, who was
Paris, July 04: Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic was confirmed as the new world number one when the ATP rankings were released on Monday. Djokovic, who beat Rafael Nadal in Sunday's final, was already guaranteed to
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