Venus Ascends To No. 2

Reuters

With her three-set victory of Italian veteran Francesca Schiavone earlier today, Venus Williams knocks Caroline Wozniacki out of the second spot and rises to No. 2 in the world.

For the first time since 2003, Serena Williams, despite her three-set loss to Nadia Petrova earlier, are the top two players in the world.

So, after all the conflama about the sisters' commitment to the sport over the years, there they sit, together, atop the sport once more.

The best revenge is living well.

Congratulations to both for yet another historic achievement in one of sport's most demanding.

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Singles - Third Round
(16) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (1) Serena Williams (USA) 46 62 63
(4) Venus Williams (USA) d. (15) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 36 61 62
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 67(4) 61 76(6)

Singles - Second Round
(7) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (WC) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 46 64 61
(WC) Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) d. (WC) Peng Shuai (CHN) 16 76(1) 63

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(8) Dulko/Pennetta (ARG/ITA) d. Rodionova/Schnyder (AUS/SUI) 64 75

Doubles - Second Round
(2) Llagostera Vives/Mártinez Sánchez (ESP/ESP) d. Dekmeijere/Kleybanova (LAT/RUS) 60 62
Chuang/King (TPE/USA) d. (4) Huber/Medina Garrigues (USA/ESP) 62 26 11-9
Peer/Schiavone (ISR/ITA) d. (6) Raymond/Stubbs (USA/AUS) 60 62
Ruano Pascual/Shaughnessy (ESP/USA) d. (7) Mattek-Sands/Yan (USA/CHN) 67(5) 63 10-8

Singles - Second Round
[2] R Nadal (ESP) d [Q] O Dolgopolov Jr. (UKR) 64 63
[3] A Murray (GBR) d [Q] J Chela (ARG) 63 63
N Almagro (ESP) d [4] R Soderling (SWE) 64 75
F Lopez (ESP) d *[LL] O Hernandez (ESP) 61 62
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [7] J Tsonga (FRA) 62 ret. (lower back)
[8] M Cilic (CRO) d E Schwank (ARG) 63 60
[9] D Ferrer (ESP) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 16 63 75 - saved 1 M.P.
E Gulbis (LAT) d [10] M Youzhny (RUS) 76(2) 64
[12] G Monfils (FRA) d P Petzschner (GER) 11 ret. (leg muscle)
[13] J Isner (USA) d [Q] S Giraldo (COL) 16 76(6) 62
[15] S Wawrinka (SUI) d L Mayer (ARG) 64 42 ret. (right shoulder)
J Monaco (ARG) d [16] T Bellucci (BRA) 62 62
V Hanescu (ROU) d [Q] D Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) 60 46 63
J Melzer (AUT) d [LL] M Fish (USA) 36 61 64

*replaced [5] A Roddick (USA) - illness

Doubles - Second Round
N Almagro (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) vs [7] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK)
[8] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d M Fish (USA) / M Knowles (BAH) 57 64 10-8

Doubles - First Round
J Knowle (AUT) / A Ram (ISR) d I Karlovic (CRO) / D Vemic (SRB) 64 64
*B Becker (GER) / M Chudinelli (SUI) d F Lopez (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) w/o - Lopez (lower back)
J Isner (USA) / S Querrey (USA) d T Bellucci (BRA) / B Soares (BRA) 26 75 10-8

* replaced P Kohlschreiber (GER) / P Petzschner (GER) - Petzschner (leg muscle)