Federer Wins The ATP Title... But Nadal Still #1

Flawless Roger Federer floors Rafael Nadal to win ATP title... But Nadal continues to lead ATP rankings, continues to be world number one on the Tennis Court...

Roger Federer overcame Rafael Nadal 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win the fifth year-end title of his career with victory in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals. He claimed his fifth titles this season, three from his last four events. With a record of 16 Grand Slam titles, this is his 66th career trophy. Although he closed the gap on Rafael Nadal in the men's ATP tennis rankings with his three set victory, he is still quiet a long way away from the number one position - Currently Nadal is with 12,450 points and Federer is quiet far behind with 9,145 points (the Spaniard still has an advantage of more than 3,000 points).

This victory is Federer's eighth win against 14 defeats against Nadal, but most of those defeats have come on the Clay Court, where Nadal is the King, where as here, in the indoor surface, the Swiss world number two now is 3-0 (his previous wins coming in Shanghai at the year-end event in 2006 and 2007. ) up against Nadal.

Nadal had a dream year (2010), Rafael Nadal is the latest, and by far the youngest entrant in a very small club of tennis superstars to have conquered all four slams. The all-star pair have won 21 of the last 23 Grand Slams (12 for Federer, nine for Nadal).

Federer has ended the season in winning a style against Nadal, but Nadal is someone who now may be hard to overtake, the way he is going about with his finest tennis - Indeed, Federer is a Master, but Nadal too has proven to be just that - another Master. And both these players are simply too good, they are truly the finest tennis players ever to play this game, who, at the top of their forms can floor their opponent any time.

ATP top 10:

1. Rafael Nadal (Spain) - 12,450pts.

2. Roger Federer (Switzerland) - 9,145pts.

3. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) - 6,035pts.

4 Andy Murray (Britain) - 5,760pts.

5. Robin Soderling (Sweden) - 5,580pts.

6. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) - 3,955pts.

7. David Ferrer (Spain) - 3,735pts.

8. Andy Roddick (US) - 3,665pts.

9. Fernando Verdasco (Spain) - 3,240pts.

10. Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) - 2,920pts.