WTA Power Rankings: Venus Williams Reigns Supreme, Retains No. 1 Spot

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Published: March 9, 2010

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Venus Williams held on to her top spot in the power rankings with a victory in Acapulco, while Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Alisa Kleybanova recorded their first ever WTA Tour titles in Monterrey and Kuala Lumpur, respectively. 

Less than half of the women from my last series of rankings have claimed a place here, with many of the more established players opting to miss the trio of events over the past fortnight in favor of resting up for the big competitions in Indian Wells and Miami.

One thing is for sure though. With Venus yet again giving the BNP Paribas Open a miss, there will be a new name at the No. 1 spot by the time IW is through.

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Caroline Wozniacki will both fancy their chances, and both Victoria Azarenka and Elena Dementieva will enter the tournament full of confidence and form. Reigning champion Vera Zvonareva will her hands full if she wants to carry the trophy away for the second straight year, but there's no shortage of players looking to claim the $4.5 million payday.

Urszula Radwanska, Shahar Peer, Jill Craybas, and Na Li all upset the apple cart in California 12 months ago...who will it be in 2010?

 

1) Venus Williams (WTA ranking 5, Previous power ranking 1)

Venus won her second straight tournament on the red clay of Acapulco to maintain her spot at the top of the power rankings. In fact, the victory in Mexico gave her a back-to-back Dubai-Acapulco double, a pair of tournaments she also won in 2009.

Williams has only appeared in three competitions this year, but she is 14-1 and she proved she is still capable of winning on a surface other than the hard courts.

The top seed was pushed all the way though, needing three three-set victories in the quarterfinal, semifinal, and final.

Williams reeled off six straight games against Spanish qualifier Laura Pous Tio in
the quarterfinals to fight b...
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