Roger Federer just became the world's number one ranked male tennis player for the 5th time in his career — despite not playing for 2 months

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• Roger Federer is the world's number one ranked tennis player yet again.
• The 20-time Grand Slam champion has reclaimed top spot after Rafa Nadal's quarterfinal exit at the Madrid Open, last week.
• Federer has not competed since March 24, but is looking to triumph for a ninth time at Wimbledon next month.

Roger Federer just became the world's number one ranked male tennis player for the fifth time in his career — despite not playing for two months.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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