Clijsters' rankings leap (crienglish.com) Updated: 2005-03-22 10:02
Belgium's tennis star Kim Clijsters has leapt from 133rd to 38th in the WTA
tennis rankings after winning the Indian Wells title this weekend.
Kim Clijsters of
Belgium stretches for a forehand during the final against American Lindsay
Davenport at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, March 19,
2005. Davenport is the top seed. Kim Clijsters has leapt from 133rd to
38th in the WTA tennis rankings after winning the Indian Wells title this
weekend.[Reuters] |
| Positions among the 20 top-ranked
players were unchanged, with Indian Wells runner-up Lindsay Davenport of the
United States remaining at No.1, stretching her lead over France's Amelie
Mauresmo from 271 to 343 points.
Elite women's players resume action on Thursday at Key Biscayne, Florida,
where fourth-ranked American Serena Williams and her ninth-rated sister Venus
will compete.
The top 20 1. Lindsay Davenport (USA) 5233 points 2. Amelie Mauresmo
(FRA) 4890 3. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 4662 4. Serena Williams (USA) 4535
5. Elena Dementieva (RUS) 3884 6. Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 3358 7.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3323 8. Alicia Molik (AUS) 2630 9. Venus
Williams (USA) 2520 10. Jennifer Capriati (USA) 2234 11. Vera Zvonareva
(RUS) 2217 12. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 2162 13. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1802
14. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 1555 15. Elena Bovina (RUS) 1541 16.
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 1344 17. Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 1342 18.
Karolina Sprem (CRO) 1311 19. Paola Suarez (ARG) 1257 20. Jelena
Jankovic (SEM) 1242
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