Venus takes over world number two spot

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Malinda Dee ((right), a former Citibank relationship manager, arrives at a South Jakarta court Wednesday. The court sentenced Dee to eight years in prison after finding her guilty of removing some Rp 45.8 billion ($5 million) from the accounts of Citibank

PARIS, May 19 (AFP): American Venus Williams, beaten finalist in Madrid at the weekend, moved up one spot to second in the WTA rankings behind younger sister Serena on Monday.
Williams lost in straight sets to France's Aravane Rezai, who enters the Top 20 for the first time with a career high number 16 ranking.
Russian Dinara Safina, beaten in the first round in Madrid, falls from fifth to ninth with compatriots Svetlana Kusnetzova and Elena Dementieva, Australian Samantha Stosur and Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska all moving up one spot. Present ranking:
1. Serena Williams (USA) 8475
2. Venus Williams (USA) 6386 (+1)
3. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 5630 (-1)
4. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 5160
5. Dementieva, Elena (RUS) 4830 (+1)
6. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 4661 (+1)
7. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 4405 (+1)
8. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 4190 (+1)
9. Dinara Safina (RUS) 4156 (-4)
10. Kim Clijsters (BEL) 3890
11. Victoria Azarenka, (BLR) 3665
12. Na Li (CHN) 3316 (+1)
13. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3190 (-1)
14. Marion Bartoli (FRA) 3186 (+1)
15. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 3175 (+1)
16. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 3095 (+8)
17. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 3050 (-3)
18. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 2995 (-1)
19. Shahar Peer (ISR) 2895 (+3)
20. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 2795 (-2)