Sharapova advances in women's rankings

Russia's Maria Sharapova climbed to the third spot in the WTA women's tennis rankings released Monday.

Maria gained 110 points in Charleston and has a total of 3986 points and is closing the gap on #2 as she is only 171 points behind Ana Ivanovic.  This is Maria's highest ranking of the year.

WTA top 10 as of April 21 (previous ranking in brackets):

1. (1) Justine Henin, Belgium, 6,105; 2. (2) Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 4,157; 3. (4) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 3,986; 4. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 3,905; 5. (5) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 3,775; 6. (9) Serena Williams (USA) 2,726; 7. (6) Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, 2,665; 8. (7) Venus Williams, United States, 2,586; 9. (8) Elena Dementieva 2,440; 10. (10) Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 2,257.