Hamburg - Russia's Dinara Safina, whose reign as world number one begun with a defeat on Sunday, stayed top of the women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA. The Russian lost her first tournament as world number one when she went down 6-4, 6-3 to compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Porsche Grand Prix final in Stuttgart.
In a largely unchanged top 10, Kuznetsova improves one place to eighth. "#"
WTA top 10 as of May 3 (previous ranking in parentheses):
1. (1) Dinara Safina, Russia, 9,071 points 2. (2) Serena Williams, United States, 8,272 3. (3) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 7,391 4. (4) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 7,350 5. (5) Venus Williams, United States, 7,102 6. (6) Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 6,040 7. (7) Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 5,174 8. (9) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 4,776 9. (8) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 4,546 10. (10) Nadia Petrova, Russia, 3,840 "#"
