Safina tops rankings despite latest Grand Slam setback

HAMBURG - Dinara Safina of Russia maintained her top spot in the women’s tennis rankings issued Monday by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) after she yet again failed to get a first career Grand Slam title at Wimbledon.

Safina, crushed in straight sets by Venus Williams in the Wimbledon semi-finals last week, leads an unchanged top 10 with 10,521 points.

Women’s champion Serena Williams has 8,758 points and her sister Venus 6,617.

WTA top 10 as of July 6 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Dinara Safina, Russia, 10,521 points

2. (2) Serena Williams, United States, 8,758

3. (3) Venus Williams, United States, 6,617

4. (4) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 6,591

5. (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 6,071

6. (6) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 5,980

7. (7) Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 5,400

8. (8) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 5,066

9. (9) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 4780

10. (10) Nadia Petrova, Russia, 3,300