WORLD NUMBER ONE: Sharapova plays against Sara Errani of Italy during their women’s singles final match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris in this June 9 file photo. — Reuters photo
PARIS: Russia’s newly-crowned French Open champion Maria Sharapova dominated the latest WTA rankings released on Monday, while Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic made her return to the top-20 after her final showing in Birmingham.
Sharapova sits atop the rankings from Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka and Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska.
Former world number one Jankovic, beaten 6-4, 6-2 by American qualifier Melanie Oudin in the WTA final at Birmingham on Monday, jumped two places to 20th while Oudin went up 86 places to 122nd. — AFP