Yes, as Mad says, with the stagger in Canada and Cincinnati coimg off from last year, Andy will remain in 9th ( assuming Verdasco doesn't do anything silly ) unless he reaches the final.

If he reaches the final he overtakes Roddick AND Nalbandian AND Blake and goes 6th in the rankings !!

I knew this had a fair chance of happening once his 200 and 120 optionals went back on, but if he was to do it this week, combined with reaching his first ATP Masters Series, how good would that be !!

Now, how far ahead are Davydenko and Ferrer  ?    

Oh - and somebody buy Muzza a pair of jockeys that fit. He is getting worse than Rafa at knicker-picking, because he pulls front AND back.

No, I think he has to win, if he merely (!) gets to the final I think he will still be 25 points behind Roger.

Good to see that he finished the match off, and a nice easy progression into the QF's, where the draw is finally opening up nicely for him.

No reason for him not to reach the final here, as Andreev/Moya would be more tired that he is, and Karlovic or Kohlschrieber aren't exactly the kind of semi final opponent you dread (more like dream about)

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Incidentally Sky said Rafa has to win to take no1 spot now, I make it that Nadal needs to reach the final. What does anyone else think?

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According to the ATP site, Rafa actually has to win the Cincy title to overtake Rog & become world No 1.

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Taken from the person who does the rankings on MTF...

If Nadal wins the tournament, then he becomes number 1 on Monday 4th August.

If Nadal reaches the final, then he becomes number 1 on Monday 11th August.

If Nadal reaches the semi finals, then he becomes number 1 on Monday 18th August (regardless of what Federer/Nadal do in the Olympics).

So... if Nadal reaches the semi finals, he will become number 1, but his semi final and final results will determine exactly when he does