Serena Williams reclaim top ranking
Published:Tuesday | October 6, 2009 | 1:16 PM
American Serena Williams reclaimed her Number One ranking with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the second round of the China Open today.
Based on pre-tournament calculations, Williams moves to the top ranking by finishing better than current Number One Dinara Safina at the tournament.
Safina lost to local wild card entry Zhang Shuai in the second round yesterday.
Meanwhile, former Number One Maria Sharapova rallied to keep her impressive comeback alive with a 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 win over Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
In other matches, Peng Shuai of China upset defending champion Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 and fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia beat Melinda Czink of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3.
In men\'s play, defending champion Andy Roddick crashed out to Polish qualifier Lucasz Kubot 6-2, 6-4, top-seeded Rafael Nadal scored a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win over Cypriot wild card Marcos Baghdatis, Marat Safin beat Jose Acasuso of Argentina 6-4, 6-2 and James Blake of the United States downed Germany\'s Florian Mayer 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.