Serena stays top of rankings

Berlin - Serena Williams of the United States stayed top of the women's tennis rankings after beating number two Maria Sharapova in the final of the Madrid Masters.

The 6-1, 6-4 defeat of Sharapova Sunday ensured Williams remained top of the rankings released Monday by the WTA.

The American has 11 115 points, with Russian Sharapova on 10 690 and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on 8 510.

WTA top 13 as of May 6 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Serena Williams, United States, 11 115 points

2. (2) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 10 690

3. (3) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 8 510

4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 6 475

5. (5) Li Na, China, 5 755

6. (7) Sara Errani, Italy, 5 640

7. (6) Angelique Kerber, Germany, 5 530

8. (8) Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 5 225

9. (10) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 3 625

10 (9) Samantha Stosur, Australia, 3 545

Other:

57 (60) Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 1 065