Five Russians chase Serena in WTA rankings
Published: 23 March, 2009, 12:57
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Five Russians remain among the top ten tennis players in the Women’s Tennis Association’s Rankings announced on March 23.
US star Serena Williams managed to secure the top spot as Russian Dinara Safina missed the chance to become World No. 1 after losing to Victoria Azarenko in the quarter-finals of the PNB Paribas Open last week.
Meanwhile, the winner of PNB Paribas Open Vera Zvonareva moved one place up in the rankings, dropping Serena Williams’ sister Venus to sixth position in the rankings.
1. Williams, Serena (US) 9432 Rank points
2. Safina, Dinara (Russia) 9121
3. Jankovic, Jelena (Serbia) 7985
4. Dementieva, Elena (Russia) 7671
5. Zvonareva, Vera (Russia) 7090
6. Williams, Venus (US) 6842
7. Ivanovic, Ana (Serbia) 5184
8. Kuznetsova, Svetlana (Russia) 4308
9. Petrova, Nadia (Russia) 3762
10. Azarenka, Victoria (Belarus) 3760
21.03.2009, 13:24
No all-Russian final for Indian WellsThere’ll be no all-Russian final at the BNP Paribas Open in the U.S. Indian Wells as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova couldn’t follow the path of Vera Zvonareva and went down to defending champion Ana Ivanovic in the semis. |
24.03.2009, 21:05
Clijsters set to return to tennisKim Clijsters has announced she is set to return to the courts by summer 2009. |
