May 23rd Rankings - Women

Shifts in the bottom half of the top 10 see the retired Elena Dementieva rise two spots, surpassing Petra Kvitova and Na Li, while Franesca Schiavone displaces Flavia Pennetta at the bottom of the top 10, a week before she has major points to defend.

Winners:

Brussels
#1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN (2)
1st round Bye
2nd round Varvara Lepchenko USA (67) | 6-4 7-6(5)
Quarters #6 Yanina Wickmayer BEL (20) | 2-0 Retired
Semis #3 Franecsca Schiavone ITA (10) | 6-3 6-3
Final #8 Shuai Peng CHN (11) | 2-6 6-3 6-3
Average Opponent Rank 27.0

Strasbourg
#2 Andrea Petkovic GER (15)
1st round Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER (173) | 6-3 6-1
2nd round Shuai Zhang CHN (99) | 6-1 6-3
Quarters #5 Maria Kirilenko RUS (27) | 6-4 6-3
Semis #6 Daniela Hantuchova SVK (32) | 6-4 3-6 6-4
Final #1 Marion Bartoli FRA (22) | 2-6 6-3 6-3
Average Opponent Rank 70.6

It seems absurd how often Caroline Wozniacki plays, as the #1 seed for Roland Garros took to the court in Brussels, winning the tournament with some solid victories over top 15 players. It's all well and good for her to win these types of titles, but you have to wonder about her playing a tough final on the weekend before a major.

Andrea Petkovic won her second career title in Strasbourg, and while she didn't face any top opponents, she got some solid wins over three top 35 players, that could serve her in good stead as she heads to Paris.

ITF events:

25K
Brescia: #7 Irina Buryachok UKR (239) d. #8 Giulia Gatto-Monticone ITA (241) | 6-7(5) 6-2 6-2
Goyang: Chanel Simmonds RSA (218) d. #8 Ye-Ra Lee KOR (369) | 6-7(9) 6-1 7-6(3)
Izmir: Mihaela Buzarenscu ROU (229) d. #2 Naomi Broady GBR (274) | 7-5 6-4
Karuizawa: Misa Eguchi JPN (390) d. #3 Rika Fujiwara JPN (319) | 6-3 6-3
Moscow: Yulia Putintseva RUS (n/a) d. Veronika Kapshay UKR (372) | 6-2 6-1

10K
Bastad: Yuliana Lizarazo COL (342)
Durban: Katerina Kramperova CZE (584)
Itaparica: Andrea Benitez ARG (363)
Landisville: Robin Anderson USA (n/a)
Rethymno: Alexandra Artamonova RUS (545)
Santa Coloma De Farners: Viktorija Golubic SUI (400)

Riser of the Week (top 100):
Ayumi Morita JPN (66), Up 5
No real big risers this week, so the award goes to Morita, who won a couple of matches in Brussels, beating Zheng Jie (89) to make the quarterfinals, before losing to Francesca Schiavone (10). She also dropped a first round loss from Strasbourg last year, but it wasn't a bad won, to Anastasia Rodionova (57).

Riser of the Week (other):
Alison Van Uytvanck BEL (191), Up 51
Is this another superstar from Belgium? The 17-year-old Van Uytvanck showed some major potential at a home event in Brussels, winning three matches to qualify for the main draw, then beating Patty Schnyder (49), before losing to her countrywoman, Yanina Wickmayer (20). It looks like she will be one to watch in the years to come.

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Jie Zheng CHN (89), Down 22
Zheng had a huge result this time last year, making the final on the clay at Warsaw, which included a win over Caroline Wozniacki (2). This time, she played in Brussels, and lost first round to Ayumi Morita, sending her falling heavily, making it a total drop of 30 places in two weeks.

Dropper of the Week (other):
Aleksandra Krunic SRB (227), Down 35
Krunic, an 18-year-old Serbian, won an ITF event in Moscow this week last year, with no particularily impressive wins, but still a strong result. She tried to defend this week, but lost in the quarterfinals, when she had to retire against Yulia Putintseva (n/a)

1 (1). Kim Clijsters BEL - 844.6
Last week: None

2 (2). Caroline Wozniacki DEN - 827.4
Last week: Brussels W

3 (3). Vera Zvonareva RUS - 814.3
Last week: Brussels SF (l. Peng)

4 (4). Maria Sharapova RUS - 798.8
Last week: None

5 (5). Victoria Azarenka BLR - 798.5
Last week: None

6 (8). Elena Dementieva RUS - 788.2
Last week: None

7 (6). Petra Kvitova CZE - 786.0
Last week: None

8 (7). Na Li CHN - 785.5
Last week: None

9 (9). Samantha Stosur AUS - 782.8
Last week: None

10 (11). Francesca Schiavone ITA - 780.8
Last week: Brussels SF (l. Wozniacki)

11 (13). Shuai Peng CHN - 780.6
Last week: Brussels F (l. Wozniacki)

12 (10). Flavia Pennetta ITA - 779.7
Last week: None

13 (12). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS - 778.0
Last week: None

14 (14). Agnieszka Radwanska POL - 776.7
Last week: None

15 (16). Andrea Petkovic GER - 776.2
Last week: Strasbourg W

16 (15). Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS - 774.8
Last week: None

17 (17). Kaia Kanepi EST - 770.1
Last week: Brussles R32 (Q)

18 (18). Shahar Peer ISR - 767.0
Last week: Brussels R32 (l. Dellacqua)

19 (19). Ana Ivanovic SRB - 766.7
Last week: None

20 (21). Yanina Wickmayer BEL - 765.5
Last week: Brussels QF (l. Wozniacki)

21 (20). Jelena Jankovic SRB - 764.9
Last week: Brussels R16 (l. Arvidsson)

22 (23). Marion Bartoli FRA - 764.4
Last week: Strasbourg F (l. Petkovic)

23 (22). Dominika Cibulkova SVK - 763.0
Last week: None

24 (24). Julia Goerges GER - 759.3
Last week: None

25 (25). Ekaterina Makarova RUS - 754.4
Last week: None

In: None
Out: None