Sharapova Keeps Lead In Tennis Rankings

Russian Maria Sharapova heads the women's tennis rankings released Monday by the ruling body WTA but Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne has closed the gap.

WTA top 10 as of March 3 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 3,824 points;
2. (2) Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgium, 3,791;
3. (3) Amelie Mauresmo, France, 2,933;
4. (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 2,710;
5 (4) Kim Clijsters, Belgium, 2,630;
6 (6) Martina Hingis, Switzerland, 2,361;
7. (7) Nadia Petrova, Russia, 2,071;
8. (8) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 1,869;
9. (10) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 1,724;
10 (9) Nicole Vaidisova, Czech Republic, 1,907.