Hamburg - Justine Henin of Belgium extended her lead at the top the latest women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA following her weekend victory over Jelena Jankovic in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart. The US Open champion Henin has 5,500 points, with Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova a distant second on 3,650 points and Jankovic of Serbia third on 3,475 points.
The only change in the Top 10 sees Daniela Hantuchova move up one place to ninth and Nadia Petrova drop one to 10th.
WTA top 10 as of October 8 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1) Justine Henin, Belgium, 5,500 points; 2. (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 3,650; 3. (3) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 3,475; 4. (4) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 3,235; 5. (5) Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 3,175; 6. (6) Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, 2,890;7. (7) Serena Williams, United States, 2,466; 8. (8) Venus Williams, United States, 2,405; 9. (10) Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 2,177; 10. (9) Nadia Petrova, Russia, 2,121.
