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A Swiss man won the first major of the year on the ATP circuit and moved up five spots in the latest rankings accordingly.
For the first time ever, that man is not Roger Federer.

No, it's Stanislas Wawrinka, who used his dominant win over No. 1 Rafael Nadal to rocket from No. 8 to No. 3 in the latest ATP rankings, easily his best ranking ever.

It's a crazy new world in the Top 10 beyond No. 1 Nadal and No.2 Novak Djokovic.
Behind Wawrinka is No. 4 Juan Martin Del Potro, No.5 David Ferrer - down from third; No. 6 Andy Murray - down from fourth; No. 7 Tomas Berdych and No. 8 Roger Federer, who slipped two spots by defending his points won in last year's Open.

Despite the loss in the final, Nadal significantly widened his lead over Djokovic for the No. 1 spot. Nadal missed last year's Australian Open and thus added 1,200 points to his total, while Djokovic, last year's champion who fell in the semifinals this year, dropped by 1,640 points.
A pair of Frenchmen - Richard Gasquet (No. 9) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga round out the Top 10.

Despite coming within one match of playing for the title, Federer found himself ranked eighth in the world for the first time since October 28, 2002. To put that length of time in perspective, the top 10 that week was: Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Sebastien Grosjean, Marat Safin, Jiri Novak, Tommy Haas, Federer, Tim Henman and Carlos Moya. Only Hewitt and Federer are still active of those 10.

Although injuries have certainly not been kind, this is Murray's first time outside the Top 5 since August 25, 2008.
Despite the topsy-turviness of the Top 10, the rest of the Top 20 was relatively unchanged, with the notable exception of Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, who reached the quarterfinals and climbed three spots to No. 19.

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