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ATP 250 Doha : Big surprise in the first round : Rafael Nadal, N° 2 of the seeding and defending champion, was defeated
by the German qualifier Michael Berrer (N° 127 ATP) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in his first official match after the appendicitis operation last November.
After dominating in the first set, Nadal lost his serve on 1-2 in second and in the first game of third set, failing three break-points in the last game
of the match; no problems for the N° 1 Novak Djokovic (6-2, 6-1 with Dusan Lajovic) and the N° 3 Tomas Berdych (6-1, 6-4 with Denis
Istomin), while the N° 4 David Ferrer had to fight with Thiemo De Bakker, winning 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3.

RANKINGS AT JANUARY 5TH :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 11.360 points
2. Roger Federer SUI 9.625 points
3. Rafael Nadal ESP 6.585 points
4. Stanislas Wawrinka SUI 5.120 points
5. Kei Nishikori JPN 5.025 points
6. Andy Murray GBR 4.675 points
7. Tomas Berdych CZE 4.600 points
8. Milos Raonic CAN 4.440 points
9. Marin Cilic CRO 4.150 points
10. David Ferrer ESP 4.045 points
11. Grigor Dimitrov BUL 3.645 points
12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA 2.740 points
13. Ernests Gulbis LAT 2.455 points
14. Feliciano Lopez ESP 2.130 points
15. Roberto Bautista-Agut ESP 2.110 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Serena Williams USA 8.016 points
2. Maria Sharapova RUS 6.865 points
3. Simona Halep ROU 6.292 points
4. Petra Kvitova CZE 5.966 points
5. Agnieszka Radwanska POL 4.810 points
6. Eugenie Bouchard CAN 4.715 points
7. Ana Ivanovic SRB 4.640 points
8. Caroline Wozniacki DEN 4.625 points
9. Angelique Kerber GER 3.480 points
10. Ekaterina Makarova RUS 2.970 points
11. Dominika Cibulkova SVK 2.953 points
12. Flavia Pennetta ITA 2.861 points
13. Andrea Petkovic GER 2.780 points
14. Sara Errani ITA 2.775 points
15. Lucie Safarova CZE 2.675 points