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American Venus Williams climbed back into the Top Ten rankings of tennis players for the first time in four years by winning her third tournament of the year, beating the Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova in the finals of the Huajin Securities WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai. This is Venus’ second championship in China. The tennis superstar also won in Wuhan, Chna last month. “Seven weeks here in Asia and now I feel like it’s my home,” Williams said.
Although Venus was the top-seeded entrant headed into the Zhuhai tournament, she had her hands full with Pliskova. Williams raced out to a 4-1 lead in the opening set before Pliskova won the next three games to even the score. Pliskova led 4-2 in the second set and by the same score in the tiebreak before Williams mounted a comeback in order to capture the title. “It’s a great thing to be Top 10 now with the level of the game, but I’m still very hungry. I’m ready for more,” Williams said. “I’ve had so many experiences in tennis that I still expect a lot from myself. So I’m very happy to be moving forward, but I also want to continue and not stop here.”WTA RANKINGS – November 9, 20151 WILLIAMS, SERENA - USA2 HALEP, SIMONA - ROMANIA3 MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE - SPAIN4 SHARAPOVA, MARIA - RUSSIA5 RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA - POLAND6 KVITOVA, PETRA - CZECH REPUBLIC7 WILLIAMS, VENUS - USA8 PENNETTA, FLAVIA - ITALY9 SAFAROVA, LUCIE - CZECH REPUBLIC10 KERBER, ANGELIQUE - GERMANY11 PLISKOVA, KAROLINA - CZECH REPUBLIC12 BACSINSZKY, TIMEA - SWITZERLAND13 SUÁREZ NAVARRO, CARLA - SPAIN14 BENCIC, BELINDA - SWITZERLAND15 VINCI, ROBERTA - ITALY16 IVANOVIC, ANA - SERBIA17 WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE - DENMARK18 KEYS, MADISON - USA19 SVITOLINA, ELINA - UKRAINE20 ERRANI, SARA - ITALY21 JANKOVIC, JELENA - SERBIA22 AZARENKA, VICTORIA - BELARUS23 MAKAROVA, EKATERINA - RUSSIA24 PETKOVIC, ANDREA - GERMANY25 KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA - RUSSIA26 SCHMIEDLOVA, ANNA KAROLINA - SLOVAKIA27 STOSUR, SAMANTHA - AUSTRALIA28 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA - RUSSIA29 MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA - FRANCE30 STEPHENS, SLOANE - USA31 BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA - ROMANIA32 LISICKI, SABINE - GERMANY33 TSURENKO, LESIA - UKRAINE34 GIORGI, CAMILA - ITALY35 GARCIA, CAROLINE - FRANCE36 GAVRILOVA, DARIA - RUSSIA37 VANDEWEGHE, COCO - USA38 CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA - SLOVAKIA39 NICULESCU, MONICA - ROMANIA40 BRENGLE, MADISON - USA41 STRYCOVA, BARBORA - CZECH REPUBLIC42 VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON - BELGIUM43 CORNET, ALIZÉ - FRANCE44 BARTHEL, MONA - GERMANY45 PEREIRA, TELIANA - BRAZIL46 LEPCHENKO, VARVARA - USA47 KONTA, JOHANNA - UNITED KINGDOM48 BOUCHARD, EUGENIE - CANADA49 WICKMAYER, YANINA - BELGIUM50 GOERGES, JULIA - GERMANY51 KNAPP, KARIN - ITALY52 DIYAS, ZARINA - KAZAKHSTAN53 HRADECKA, LUCIE - CZECH REPUBLIC54 WATSON, HEATHER - UNITED KINGDOM55 LARSSON, JOHANNA - SWEDEN56 BECK, ANNIKA - GERMANY57 DULGHERU, ALEXANDRA - ROMANIA58 KOVINIC, DANKA - MONTENEGRO59 PIRONKOVA, TSVETANA - BULGARIA60 DOI, MISAKI - JAPAN61 MATTEK-SANDS, BETHANIE - USA62 GASPARYAN, MARGARITA - RUSSIA63 ALLERTOVA, DENISA - CZECH REPUBLIC64 MCHALE, CHRISTINA - USA65 WITTHOEFT, CARINA - GERMANY66 TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA - CROATIA67 LUCIC-BARONI, MIRJANA - CROATIA68 MARIA, TATJANA - GERMANY69 GOVORTSOVA, OLGA - BELARUS70 ZHENG, SAISAI - CHINA 0571 HERCOG, POLONA - SLOVENIA72 KASATKINA, DARIA - RUSSIA73 FALCONI, IRINA - USA74 PUTINTSEVA, YULIA - KAZAKHSTAN75 DUQUE-MARIÑO, MARIANA - COLOMBIA76 JOVANOVSKI, BOJANA - SERBIA77 RYBARIKOVA, MAGDALENA - SLOVAKIA78 HIBINO, NAO - JAPAN79 OSTAPENKO, JELENA - LATVIA80 KONJUH, ANA - CROATIA81 HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA - SLOVAKIA82 SHVEDOVA, YAROSLAVA - KAZAKHSTAN83 NARA, KURUMI - JAPAN84 RODINA, EVGENIYA - RUSSIA85 BABOS, TIMEA - HUNGARY86 ARRUABARRENA, LARA - SPAIN87 DAVIS, LAUREN - USA88 BONDARENKO, KATERYNA - UKRAINE89 LINETTE, MAGDA - POLAND90 SIEGEMUND, LAURA - GERMANY91 KONTAVEIT, ANETT - ESTONIA92 PUIG, MONICA - PUERTO RICO93 FLIPKENS, KIRSTEN - BELGIUM94 MITU, ANDREEA - ROMANIA95 RADWANSKA, URSZULA - POLAND96 KRUNIC, ALEKSANDRA - SERBIA97 RISKE, ALISON - USA98 DOMÍNGUEZ LINO, LOURDES - SPAIN99 FRIEDSAM, ANNA-LENA - GERMANY100 TATISHVILI, ANNA - USASport: It's A Female Thing!