Williams back on top of WTA rankings
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Hamburg - Serena Williams has moved back to the top of the WTA women's tennis rankings issued Monday after edging out Jelena Jankovic in the final of the US Open on Sunday. Williams, who last occupied the top position in 2005, beat the Serbian 6-4, 7-5 in a rain-delayed final in New York to move to 4,091 points - 126 points more than Jankovic. Former number one Serbian Ana Ivanovic has slipped down to number three in the rankings. The only newcomer into the top 10 is Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who comes at 10th. WTA top 10 as of September 8 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (3) Serena Williams, United States, 4,091; 2. (2) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 3,965; 3. (1) Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 3,532; 4. (6) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 3,430; 5. (7) Dinara Safina, Russia, 3,357; 6.(5) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 3,041; 7. (4) Svtelana Kuznetsova, Russia, 2,571; 8. (8) Venus Williams, United States, 2,386; 9. (10) Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 2,087; 10 (11). Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 2076.
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Radwanska
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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:25:46 GMT
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Radwanska is not a newcomer to the top 10, she was at the top 10 right after Wimbledon and even advanced to 9th place but after the Olympics and New Hanven she was overtaken by Zvonariova and Chakvetadze
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