Serena commands rankings

Hamburg - Serena Williams of the United States maintained a big lead in the women's tennis rankings in the wake of her latest Wimbledon title on the weekend.

Williams has 8 475 points in the list issued on Monday, to lead from Serbian Jelena Jankovic (5,900) and Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (5 630).

Williams' sister Venus dropped from second to fourth after not making the deciding stages at the London Grand Slam. The losing finalist Vera Zvonareva of Russia returned into the top 10, in ninth place from 21st in the previous rankings.

WTA top 10 as of July 5 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Serena Williams, United States, 8 475 points

2. (3) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 5 900

3. (4) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 5 630

4. (2) Venus Williams, United States, 5 606

5. (6) Samantha Stosur, Australia, 4 890

6. (5) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 4 670

7. (8) Kim Clijsters, Belgium, 4 510

8. (7) Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 4 425

9. (21) Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 3 965 10. (12) Li Na, China, 3 756