The Spanish just as well with 234-week reign of Swiss

The Mallorcan rid tennis in two hours and two minutes of play, German, who won by 6-4 and 7-6 (0).

After 4 years at No. 2 ATP rankings, finally justice is done and our Rafa Nadal will lead the world tennis rankings not later than August 18. One year pletórico for Manacor and joined the striking and obvious decline of Swiss Roger Federer make Rafa to dethrone Swiss after 234 weeks in the tennis throne.




Why is not the No. 1 Rafa Nadal next Monday
The ATP ranking of the (association of Professional Tennis Players) is developed taking into account the results obtained in the previous year. Both tournaments in Canada, which won the Spanish last week, as Cincinnati, who is playing, it was disputed last year two weeks later, in their usual dates. Have been advanced in the calendar because of the Olympic Games.

Thus, by failing to find the reference 2007, the computer simply sum points to players. Federer added five to his account in Toronto, despite losing in his debut, and Nadal joined 500. Similarly, the Swiss sum 75 points in Cincinnati, where he has fallen into eighths, and Nadal has already added another 75. The classification is maintained well with a difference of 300 points for the Swiss player, a reference fictitious by the exceptional circumstances of this season, as an Olympic years.

In any year not Olympic, the computer had worked as usual, making it the next August 18, including the results of the Olympic Games. Federer immediately lose 850 points (350 by the end of Toronto in 2007 and 500 by way of Cincinnati) and Nadal 230 (225 in the semifinals of Canada in 2007 and five in the second round of Cincinnati). In the Olympic Games only adds: gold was quoted at 400 points, silver and bronze at 280 to 205.