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Henin remains top of virtually unchanged women's rankings

Justine Henin of Belgium leads a virtually unchanged top 10 in the latest women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA.

he French Open champion Henin tops with 4,457 points, followed by Russia's Maria Sharapova on 3,678 and Serbia's Jelena Jankovic on 3,241 points.

Serena Williams drops one place to eighth while Anna Chakvetadze moves up one to seventh.

WTA top 10 as of July 23 (previous ranking in parenthesis)

1. (1) Justine Henin, Belgium, 4,457 points

2. (2) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 3,678

3. (3) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 3,241

4. (4) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 2,978

5. (5) Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 2,898

6. (6) Amelie Mauresmo, France, 2,424

7. (8) Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, 2,326

8. (7) Serena Williams, United States, 2,325

9. (9) Nadia Petrova, Russia, 2,002

10. (10) Nicole Vaidisova, Czech Republic, 1,973. dpa