Hamburg - Rafael Nadal stretched his lead at the top of the men's tennis rankings by virtue of his Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday.

The Spaniard leads the list issued on Monday by the ATP with 14,990 points from Switzerland's Roger Federer (10,910) and Serbian Novak Djokovic (8,420). Nadal beat fourth-ranked Briton Andy Murray in straight sets on Sunday.

ATP top 10 as of March 23 (previous ranking in parenthesis): <# 1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 14,990 points 2. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 10,910 3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 8,420 4. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 7,850 5. (5) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 4,735 6. (7) Andy Roddick, United States, 4,610 7. (6) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina,
4,470 8. (8) Gilles Simon, France, 3,930 9. (10) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,590 10. (9) Gael Monfils, France, 3,550 <# (dpa)