Murray will likely be no worse than 4th in my post RG – Power Ranking Milos will be up, Ferrer will hold pretty steady, Federer, Kei & Stan will drop and a certain Latvian will be in my top 10 – I am reposting this to give a sense of where things stood before #RG14 began
After the injury marred Madrid final, I had no idea how to rank my Top 10 so I did the cowardly sensible thing and waited another week. So here is a Double Masters 1000 Power Ranking Extravaganza.
2014 Power Ranking #6 – Madrid and Rome (Roam If You Want To)
- Novak Djokovic – Nole answered questions about the state of his wrist with a title in Rome. He dropped sets to Kohlschreiber, Ferrer, Raonic and Nadal. Still, bending but not breaking and a nasty return of serve place Novak atop my rankings heading into Roland Garros. Change since last ranking +1
- Rafael Nadal – Rafa has 3 clay court losses in 2014 and that is a rarity, but titles in Madrid and Rio along with a runner-up finish in Rome have Rafa solidly at the #2 spot. Change since last ranking +1
- Stanislas Wawrinka – Stan…
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