0 Serena Williams moves up in rankings after Charleston win

America's Serena Williams moved up one place to world number nine in the latest WTA rankings released on Monday, a day after winning her 40th career title in Charleston.

The 13-time Grand Slam winner overpowered Czech Lucie Safarova 6-0, 6-1 in the final in South Carolina.

Williams, 30, swaps places with Russian Vera Zvonareva who drops to tenth in the rankings still headed by Belarussian Victoria Azarenka.(yahoo)

1. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 8980 pts

2. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 7930

3. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 7095

4. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6710

5. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 5825

6. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 5450

7. Marion Bartoli (FRA) 5020

8. Li Na (CHN) 4880

9. Serena Williams (USA) 4300 (+1)

10. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 3895 (-1)

11. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 3410

12. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 3380

13. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 3251

14. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2785

15. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2775 (+1)

16. Julia Goerges (GER) 2735 (-1)

17. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 2545 (+1)

18. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 2470 (+1)

19. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 2450 (+1)

20. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 2430 (-3)

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