Clijsters returns into WTA top 10 after Miami triumph
April 5th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, April 5 (DPA) Kim Clijsters of Belgium returned to the top 10 of women’s tennis for the first time since her comeback last year while American Serena Williams remained first in the latest list published by the Women Tennis Association (WTA) Monday.
Williams has 7,946 points to lead from Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki (6,375) and Dinara Safina of Russia (6,150).
The former number one Clijsters shot from 16th to 10th place with 3,860 points by virtue of her Miami title on Saturday. It is Clijsters’ highest ranking since she came out of retirement last summer.
WTA top 10 as of April 5 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Serena Williams, United States, 7,946 points
2. (2) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 6,375
3. (3) Dinara Safina, Russia, 6,150
4. (5) Venus Williams, United States, 5,876
5. (4) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 5,620
6. (6) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 4,965
7. (8) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 4,900
8. (9) Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 4,190
9. (7) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 4,070
10. (16) Kim Clijsters, Belgium, 3,860
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