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Murray a step closer to overtaking Federer in rankings

Andy Murray is fully focused on jumping ahead of Roger Federer in the world rankings © PA Photos

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Andy Murray's goal of leapfrogging Roger Federer in the world rankings before the end of the season remains a distinct possibility, after the Scot moved 250 points closer to the Swiss maestro.

Fresh from claiming his 19th career title with a 6-2 6-0 victory over American Donald Young at the Thailand Open, Murray took his ranking points total to 7,415, with third-placed Federer less than a 1000 ahead on 8,380.

Despite the 16-time grand slam champion being within Murray's sights, the Scot admits it will be difficult to usurp him in the standings, particularly with a string of European events following the current hard-court Asian swing.

"Roger always plays very well on the European indoor courts, so I'm sure I'm going to have to win a lot more matches if I want to finish as number three," said Murray. "That's the goal and I'll keep working hard to give myself a shot at doing that."

Although there was no movement in the top 10 this week, Janko Tipsarevic got a monkey off his back when winning in Kuala Lumpur to end the statistic of him being the highest-ranked ATP Tour player yet to win a title.

ATP Tour Rankings
1. Novak Djokovic (SRB), 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP), 3. Roger Federer (SUI), 4. Andy Murray (GBR), 5. David Ferrer (ESP), 6. Robin Soderling (SWE), 7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 8. Mardy Fish (USA), 9. Gael Monfils (FRA), 10. Tomas Berdych (CZE)

WTA Tour Rankings
1. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN), 2. Maria Sharapova (RUS), 3. Vera Zvonareva (RUS), 4. Victoria Azarenka (BLR), 5. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6. Li Na (CHN), 7. Sam Stosur (AUS), 8. Kim Clijsters (BEL), 9. Francesca Schiavone (ITA), 10. Marion Bartoli (FRA)

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