Serena Williams, Sania Mirza top WTA rankings

21-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams continue to rule the roost in women's tennis. The 33-year-old retained her top spot in the WTA singles' ranking released on Monday. In the doubles' Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis tops the billing

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: 21-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams continue to rule the roost in women's tennis. The 33-year-old retained her top spot in the WTA singles' ranking released on Monday. In the doubles' Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis tops the billing.

Serena, who recently won the 2015 Wimbledon singles title defeating Garbine Muguruza, has 13191 ranking points to top lead the list despite pulling out of the Swedish Open an elbow injury earlier this month. She is followed by Russian star Maria Sharapova at second spot with 6490 points.

Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki, Ana Ivanovic, Agnieska Radwanska, Lucie Safarova, Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro complete the top-ten in the singles.

In the doubles' ranking Sania Mirza has an individual ranking point of 9510, followed by her Swiss partner at second with 8865 points. They have won the Ladies' double title at Wimbledon.

Russians Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina followed at third and fourth spots respectively. They lost the Wimbledon to the Indo-Swiss pair.