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Sharapova climbs to second behind Azarenka in WTA rankings
Feb 13, 2012, 10:12 GMT
Berlin - Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus retained first place in the women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA while Russian Maria Sharapova moved into second despite a surprise defeat last week.
Azarenka has 8,585 points and Sharapova has 7,680 to move ahead of Czech Petra Kvitova (7,320). Sharapova was upset in the Paris Indoors quarter-finals last week by German Angelique Kerber who went on to win the title.
WTA top 10 as of February 13 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Victoria Asarenka, Belarus, 8,585 points 2. (3) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 7,680 3. (2) Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 7320 4. (4) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 7,085 5. (5) Samantha Stosur, Australia, 5,430 6. (6) Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 5,330 7. (7) Marion Bartoli, France, 4,890 8. (8) Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 4,690 9. (9) Li Na, China, 4,450 10. (10) Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 3950
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