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| Mary Pierce has moved to No. 5 |
London: France’s Mary Pierce, who won the Kremlin Cup on Sunday, moved up two places to No. 5 in the WTA Tour entry system ranking, according to the list released on Monday.
Kim Clijsters of Belgium crept a step closer to the coveted No. 1 spot, still being held by Russia’s Maria Sharapova. American Lindsay Davenport and France’s Amelie Mauresmo follow them.
India’s Sania Mirza, meanwhile, moved down one place to No. 32, while Shikha Uberoi climbed three to No. 146.
On the ATP list, Russia’s Igor Andreev, who claimed the men’s title at the Kremlin Cup on Sunday, moved up a massive 11 places to No. 27.
Roger Federer of Switzerland is still the runaway leader, followed by Spaniard Rafael Nadal, American Andy Roddick, Australian Lleyton Hewitt and Russia’s Marat Safin.
Leander Paes of India and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro are at No. 6 in doubles, while Australians Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley are at No. 5. Just one point separates the two pairs.
On Sunday top seeds Paes and Zimonjic
lost to the second-seeded Australians in the final of the
Stockholm Open 3-5, 3-5.
THE TOP 10
ATP Tour ? 1. (1) Roger
Federer (Sui, 6975); 2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Esp, 4475); 3.
(3) Andy Roddick (US, 3115); 4. (5) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus,
3015); 5. (4) Marat Safin (Rus, 2990); 6. (6) Andre Agassi
(US, 2640); 7. (8) Guillermo Coria (Arg, 2110); 8. (7) Nikolay
Davydenko (Rus, 2000); 9. (9) David Nalbandian (Arg, 1905);
10. (10) Mariano Puerta (Arg, 1784). WTA Tour ? 1. (1) Maria
Sharapova (Rus, 4729); 2. (3) Kim Clijsters (Bel, 4467);
3. (2) Lindsay Davenport (US, 4396); 4. (4) Amelie Mauresmo
(Fra, 3936); 5. (7) Mary Pierce (Fra, 3239); 6. (5) Justine
Henin-Hardenne (Bel, 2936); 7 (6) Venus Williams (US, 2796);
8. (8) Elena Dementieva (Rus, 2678); 9. (9) Nadia Petrova
(Rus, 2565); 10. (10) Patty Schnyder (Sui, 2465).
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