Tennis: Suarez breaks into top 10 as Serena consolidates

Carla Suárez Navarro, of Spain, returns to Serena Williams during the women’s final at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Saturday, April 4, 2015, in Key Biscayne, Fla. AP

PARIS — Spain’s Carla Suarez for the first time broke into the top 10 of the WTA rankings, published Monday, after reaching the final of the Miami tournament.

American Serena Williams, who won the Miami title for an eighth time, consolidated her place atop the rankings ahead of Russian Maria Sharapova and Romanian Simona Halep.

Rankings as of April 6

1. Serena Williams (USA) 9981

2. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 7890

3. Simona Halep (ROM) 7571

4. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6060

5. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 4675

6. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 4200

7. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 4122

8. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 3420 (+1)

9. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 3385 (-1)

1. Carla Suarez (ESP) 3340 (+2)

1. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 3135 (-1)

2. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 2880 (+2)

3. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 2870 (-2)

4. Sara Errani (ITA) 2735 (-1)

5. Venus Williams (USA) 2591 (+1)

6. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2500 (-1)

7. Jelena Jankovic 2420 (SRB)

8. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2127 (+3)

9. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 2125

1. Madison Keys (USA) 2075 (-2)

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