Men’s Tennis Power Rankings: Rafael Nadal Dominates as U.S. Open Looms

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Published: August 3, 2010

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Since the drama of Wimbledon and the excitement of a French victory over Spain in the Davis Cup, many of the tennis headlines have been focused off court.

Rafael Nadal dominated the web with a bare chest sported at a beach on Mallorca’s neighbouring Balearic island of Formentera.

Roger Federer, pictured with this family aboard a huge luxury yacht off the Corsican coast, might have drawn the headline “all at sea” after two Grand Slam quarterfinal losses but for the news that he was the world’s second highest earning athlete in 2009—$61,768,110, since you ask.

There were more behind-the-scenes stories as no fewer than three top players announced the termination of long-term coaching partnerships: Nikolay Davydenko from brother Eduardo, Stansilas Wawrinka from Dimitri Zavialoff, and finally Andy Murray from Miles Maclagan.

And then Federer stole the limelight again with the announcement of a tie-up with Pete Sampras’s former coach, Paul Annacone.

But gradually, the tennis has forced its way into the headlines. Some players have enjoyed one last fling on clay and others have launched into the searing heat of the U.S. Open Series.

Indeed there have been no fewer than eight ATP tournaments since Wimbledon, one of them a 500-pointer in Hamburg, and some players have taken part in three events through a scorching July. Some have even become double winners.

The top three men, however, have played for, and won, no points at all. So although the ATP rankings have changed little, this month’s Power Rankings boast some worthy new faces.

How many of them will still be in the frame as the blue, sticky, synthetic courts of the U.S. Open Series take their toll?

And will the clay exponents who have made hay while the sun shone still be hot news once the “big three” return, refreshed, to the imminent Masters events?

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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