With the first Grand Slam of the year over and the ATP tour season entering its second month, there has been plenty of movement in the rankings table.

Most notably is the rise of Britain’s Andy Murray to fourth spot after his appearance at the Australian Open final. The Scot is closing in on third-placed Rafa Nadal but remains some distance behind second-placed Roger Federer. Murray replaces Stan Wawrinka in the table after the Swiss No. 2 dropped five places following the tournament in Melbourne.

Novak Djokovic has extended his lead at the top after claiming his eighth Grand Slam title with victory over Andy Murray in Australia. The rest of the top 10 retains a familiar look going into next week’s matches.

There is good news for Australian tennis fans as Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic both jumped 18 places up the table after strong starts to the season. A quarter-final place at the Australian Open has elevated 19-year-old Kyrgios to a career-high 35th place in the ranking while compatriot Tomic returned to the top 50 in 48th place.

The other significant news is the appearance of eight teenagers in the top 200 for the first time since 2007. Nick Kyrgios and Borna Coric of Croatia both reside in the top 100 while Alexander Zverev, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Hyeon Chung, Yoshihito Nishioka, Jared Donaldson and Elias Ymer all sit between 100th and 200th place.

The first ATP 500 tournament of the year gets underway in Rotterdam next week as several top ten players including Murray, Wawrinka, Berdych, Raonic and Cilic battle it out indoors at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. There will also be two ATP 250 events in the form of the Brasil and Memphis Opens.

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