Murray slips to 10th in rankings
From top to ten: Murray became the first Briton to win Wimbledon in 77 years last year but is now the tenth best player in the world ahead of the US Open (Picture from Flickr.com)
ANDY Murray has fallen to 10th in the ATP World Rankings following his quarter-final exit at Wimbledon.
The 27-year-old was fifth heading into the tournament at the All England Club, where the defence of his men single's title was ended by Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria.
It is the Scot's lowest position for six years when he also exited at the quarter-final stage of Wimbledon in 2008.
Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic has replaced Rafael Nadal at number one after a thrilling victory over Roger Federer in five sets on Centre Court.
Djokovic begins his third stint as the world number one having first reached top spot in 2011 after claiming his first triumph at SW19.
Since losing the ATP summit to Nadal last year, the Serb, 27, has won 54 of his 58 matches and lifted seven titles.
Nadal drops to second but Federer rises to third and is the Swiss number one, narrowly ahead of Stan Wawrinka in fourth.
Queen's champion Dimitrov moves up to ninth following his impressive run on grass in the third Grand Slam of the year.
Murray has not beaten a top 10 player since his record-breaking Wimbledon win over Djokovic in 2013, but the British number one missed three months at the end of last year with back surgery.
TOP TEN ATP WORLD RANKINGS:
1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
2) Rafael Nadal (Spain)
3) Roger Federer (Switzerland)
4) Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)
5) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)
6) David Ferrer (Spain)
7) Milos Raonic (Canada)
8) Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina)
9) Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
10) Andy Murray (Great Britain)
Last updated: 7 July 2014 23:34pm
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