Federer back in top 3 spot

Roger Federer has surged back to the third spot in the latest men's singles rankings released by the Association for Tennis Professionals (ATP). The development in the Swiss tennis maestro's ranking came after the German tennis star Alexander Zverev slumped to a 4-6, 7-5, 5-7 defeat at the hands of Chile's Cristian Garin in the quarter-finals of the Munich Open.

Federer is now standing with a total of 5, 590 points, maintaining a lead of 25 points over fourth-placed Zverev, the ATP official website reported.