WTA Ranking update

Hi everyone,

Wow! I never imagined the WTA rankings would be this different! Check it out:

1.   VICTORIA AZARENKA! (previous number 3) = 8585p

And she got a great lead too on the number two!

2.   Kvitova (stays number 2) = 7690p

Closely followed by (I predict a few switches possible here):

3.   Maria Sharapova (jumps one spot) = 7560p
4.   Wozniacki (loses three spots!) = 7085p

Who thought Wozniacki would ever land on the number four spot?!

5.   Stosur (even after a horrible Australian Open, stays on the same spot) = 5430p
6.   Radwanska (2 places up) = 5330p
7.   Bartoli (drops two places) = 4770p
8.   Zvonareva (previous number 7) = 4695p
9.   Na Li (four unused matchpoints mean a 3 places drop) = 4450p
10. Petkovic (doesn't lose a spot despite not participating in Australia) = 4000p
11. Schiavone (same position) = 3640p
12. Serena Williams (also the same) = 3580p

She doesn't seem to get climbing up the rankings as you would expect from her.

13. Jankovic (stays unlucky 13) = 3295p
14. Lisicki (one spot move up) = 3143p
15. Pavly (jump of one spot) = 2735p
16. Cibulkova (drops two places) = 2635p
17. Shuai Peng (same spot) = 2580p
18. Ivanovic (three rankings up) = 2535p
19. Kuznetsova (exactly same ranking) = 2526p
20. Hantuchova (one spot jump) = 2450p

21. Julia Goerges (climbs two rankings) = 2345p
22. Pennetta (two places down due to an average Grand Slam) = 2295p
23. Roberta Vinci (two places up and had a wonderful doubles tournament!) = 2210p
24. Medina Garrigues (four spots up) = 2105p
25. Kaia Kanepi (two spots up for the Brisbane winner!) = 2049p
26. Kirilenko (jumps three places) = 1990p
27. Angelique Kerber (loses 3 rankings) = 1965p
28. Lucie Safarova (drops four spots) = 1965p

About now, you're thinking: is this list going on for ever? No, we're still forgetting a very important person and she'll no longer be the best Belgian player because:

29. Wickmayer (a whoopie drop of three places) = 1955p
30. KIM CLIJSTERS (loss of 16 spots!) = 1941p

Oh my god, can you believe it?! How can someone drop 16 places by getting to the semifinals? Luckily, she doesn't have a lot of points to defend for the rest of the year (last year was littered with injuries) so let's hope she'll reclaim a top spot!

The beginning of the year has brought many surprises, so hopefully it'll be even more interesting in the coming months!