HAMBURG - Dinara Safina of Russia maintained her top spot on the women’s tennis rankings issued by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Monday.
Safina, who was beaten in straight sets by Venus Williams in the Wimbledon semi-finals earlier this month, leads an unchanged top 10 with 10,521 points.
Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has 8,758 points and her sister Venus 6,617.
WTA top 10 as of July 13 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Dinara Safina, Russia, 10,521 points
2. (2) Serena Williams, United States, 8,758
3. (3) Venus Williams, United States, 6,617
4. (4) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 6,591
5. (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 6,071
6. (6) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 5,980
7. (7) Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 5,400
8. (8) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 5,066
9. (9) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 4,840
10. (10) Nadia Petrova, Russia, 3,300
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