Wozniacki moves to verge of No. 1 ranking

Schiavone advanced to the semifinals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo last week and, as a result, moved from eighth to sixth in the world rankings.

The second five in the rankings are completely different this week. While the first five are the same, there could soon be a big change.

Wozniacki, who won the tournament in Tokyo, can overtake world No. 1 Serena Williams if Wozniacki advances to the quarterfinals of this week's WTA tournament in Beijing.

Williams, who has held the No. 1 spot for the last 48 weeks, has been sidelined by a foot injury since her win at Wimbledon.

Venus Williams is still third, but just 80 ratings points ahead of No. 4 Vera Zvonareva. Kim Clijsters is in fifth.

Schiavone's move up shoved Jelena Jankovic and Samantha Stosur each down one place to seventh and eighth, respectively. Elena Dementieva, who lost to Wozniacki in the Tokyo final, went from 10th to ninth and Victoria Azarenka re-entered the Top 10 from the No. 11 ranking last week. Agnieszka Radwanska slipped from ninth to 11th.

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