Paris, Oct 22: French Open champion and US Open finalist Juan Carlos Ferrero's win in Madrid has put him on top of both the ATP rankings and champions race.
Six of the eight finalists for the season-ending Masters Cup in Houston on Nov 10-17 are already known -- Ferrero, US Open champion Andy Roddick, Wimbledon champion Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Guillermo Coria and Rainer Schuettler.
There are three tournaments this week, each carrying 50 points for the winner -- Basel, Stockholm and St Petersburg -- while next week's Paris Open is worth 100 points to the winner.
Carlos Moya, David Nalbandian, Mark Philippoussis, Sebastien Grosjean (no 2 seed at St Petersburg) and Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan (no 1 at Stockholm) are contesting the last two places for Houston.


Bureau Report