Only three Russians remained among the world's top 100 tennis players, according to the weekly Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings list published on Monday.
Russia's Igor Andreyev, who held 98th place in the previous list, has been showing a poor performance this season, and did not take part in tournaments last week at all. As a result, he dropped to the 102nd position in the new list.
One of the three Russians, however, is in the top ten of the list, Nikolay Davydenko. The others are Mikhail Youzhny (14th place) and Teymauraz Gabashvili (98th place).
The top ten is headed by Spain's Rafael Nadal:
1 Rafael Nadal (Spain)
2 Roger Federer (Switzerland)
3 Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
4 Andy Murray (Britain)
5 Robin Soderling (Sweden)
6 Nikolay Davydenko (Russia)
7 Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)
8 Fernando Verdasco (Spain)
9 Andy Roddick (United States)
10 Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina)
MOSCOW, August 23 (RIA Novosti)
