Clijsters returns into WTA top 10

BACK IN THE MIX: Kim Clijsters posing with the trophy after beating Venus Willaims in Key Biscayne on Saturday. Following this triumph, Clijsters jumped six rungs in the ranking charts to occupy the tenth position in the latest WTA rankings. Photo: AP

Kim Clijsters of Belgium returned to the top 10 of women’s tennis for the first time since her comeback last year while American Serena Williams remained first in the latest list published by the Women Tennis Association (WTA) on Monday.

Williams has 7,946 points to lead from Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki (6,375) and Dinara Safina of Russia (6,150).

The former number one Clijsters shot from 16th to 10th place with 3,860 points by virtue of her Miami title on Saturday.

WTA top 10 as of April 5 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Serena Williams, United States, 7,946 points

2. (2) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 6,375

3. (3) Dinara Safina, Russia, 6,150

4. (5) Venus Williams, United States, 5,876

5. (4) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 5,620

6. (6) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 4,965

7. (8) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 4,900

8. (9) Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 4,190

9. (7) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 4,070

10. (16) Kim Clijsters, Belgium, 3,860 {lt}#{gt}