Serena Williams has bolstered her position atop
the WTA world rankings after winning the Australian Open on Saturday.
The 33-year-old American defeated Maria Sharapova in straight sets for her
sixth Grand Slam title in Melbourne and 19th in all.
Williams is over 1,500 points clear of the Russian who in turn is well
ahead of third placed Simona Halep of Romania.
One of the biggest movers of the week was Serena's older sister Venus. The
former world number one reached the last eight in Melbourne for her first Grand
Slam quarter-final since 2010.
That hoisted her seven places in the rankings up to just outside the top 10
at 11th.
Surprise Melbourne semi-finalist Madison Keys gained 15 places to break
into the top 20 for teh first time in her career.
WTA top 20 world rankings:
1. Serena Williams (USA) 9,776
2. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 8,210
3. Simona Halep (ROM) 6,571
4. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6,480
5. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 4,565 (+3)
6. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 4,425 (-1)
7. Eugnie Bouchard (CAN) 4,365
8. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 4,270 (-2)
9. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 3,285 (+2)
10. Angelique Kerber (GER) 3,130 (-1)
11. Venus Williams (USA) 2,790 (+7)
12. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 2,735 (+1)
13. Sara Errani (ITA) 2,551 (+1)
14. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 2,441 (-2)
15. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 2,425 (+1)
16. Jelena Jankovic (SER) 2,360 (-1)
17. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 2,295
18. Dominika Cibulkova (SLQ) 2,137 (-8)
19. Aliz Cornet (FRA) 2,125
20. Madison Keys (USA) 2,100 (+15)
ak
Tennis-WTA-rankings
