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Flavia Pennetta into top 10 in WTA world rankings

/ 04:43 PM September 14, 2015

Defending Champion Flavia Pennetta Advances to Third Round. Agence France-Presse

Flavia Pennetta. AFP PHOTO

PARIS — US Open champion Flavia Pennetta is up to eighth in the world rankings which are still headed by Serena Williams.

The 33-year-old defeated fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in Saturday’s surprise final in New York for the first Grand Slam title of her career.

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She promptly then announced that she had already decided to retire from competition at the end of the year.

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Vinci, who upset favorite and calendar-year Grand Slam seeker Williams in the semi-finals, moves up 24 places to 19th.

The top four remain the same with Williams well clear of second-best Simona Halep, who lost to Pennetta in the semi-finals in New York.

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The WTA world rankings at the conclusion of the US Open in New York:

  1. Serena Williams (USA)           11,501 pts
  1. Simona Halep (ROM)               6,780
  1. Maria Sharapova (RUS)            5,795
  1. Petra Kvitova (CZE)              5,295
  1. Lucie Safarova (CZE)             3,570 (+1)
  1. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)         3,510 (-1)
  1. Ana Ivanovic (SER)               3,440
  1. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)            3,317 (+18)
  1. Garbine Muguruza (ESP)           3,305
  1. Karolina Pliskova (CZE)         3,215 (-2)
  1. Angelique Kerber (GER)          3,150
  1. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)      3,070 (-2)
  1. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)          2,836 (+1)
  1. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)       2,820 (+1)
  1. Belinda Bencic (SUI)            2,735 (-3)
  1. Elina Svitolina (UKR)           2,650 (+1)
  1. Andrea Petkovic (GER)           2,450 (+1)
  1. Madison Keys (USA)              2,445 (+1)
  1. Roberta Vinci (ITA)             2,430 (+24)
  1. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)        2,380 (-7)

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