Berdych boosts hopes of World Tour Final spot

Beijing-title winner Tomas Berdych jumped three places to seventh in the ATP rankings released on Monday giving the Czech valuable points towards one of the eight berths in the season-ending World Tour Finals in London.

Serb Novak Djokovic holds the number one ranking ahead of Spain's Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer of Switzerland.

Berdych, 26, overtakes France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who was beaten by the Czech in the Beijing semi-finals and drops one place to eighth, with American Mardy Fish and France's Gael Monfils also dropping to ninth and tenth respectively.

Rankings:

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 14220 pts

2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 10375

3. Roger Federer (SUI) 8380

4. Andy Murray (GBR) 7825

5. David Ferrer (ESP) 4200

6. Robin Soderling (SWE) 3680

7. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 3230 (+3)

8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3050 (-1)

9. Mardy Fish (USA) 2955 (-1)

10. Gael Monfils (FRA) 2570 (-1)

11. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 2300

12. Gilles Simon (FRA) 2255

13. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 2075

14. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 2030

15. Andy Roddick (USA) 1985

16. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 1980

17. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 1900

18. Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. (UKR) 1745 (+1)

19. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 1720 (+1)

20. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 1690 (+1)