Four Russians have improved their positions in WTA peiting

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) published on Monday the next rating of the best tennis players of the planet. The Russian women Svetlana Kuznetsova, Maria Sharapova, Nadezhda Petrova and Elena Bovina, who occupied high places in the ranking of Russians, strengthened her position in the table, rising to the fourth, sixth, 12th and 15th places, respectively.

At the same time, their compatriot Elena Dementieva sank to the fifth from fourth place. Anastasia Myskina, who takes third place in the ranking, remains the best among the Russians, Reuters reports.

From the first twenty, the Belgian Kim Klesters flew out, who from 12th place moved immediately to the 22nd.

The first dozen rating (in brackets - the position of tennis players a week ago):

Russian tennis players Marat Safin and Mikhail Yuzhny rose to the fourth and 16th places, respectively, in the ranking of the Association of Professional Tennisian (Asia-Pacific region) "Championship Race", which was published on Monday. Recall that last Safin, Safin became the winner of the Paris Masters tournament for the third time, and South reached the quarterfinals of this tournament.

The rating is based on the performances of athletes in the current season. The first seven tennis players and one of the rest of the list, showing the best result at the Big Slam competition this year (Argentinean Gaston Gaudio), will receive the right to participate in the final Tennis Masters Cup tournament in Huston.

The first dozen rating (in brackets - the place of tennis player in the ranking a week ago):