Off the wire
Posted: October 7, 2009 at 3:51 a.m.
Serena Williams needed only to win her second-round match at the China Open in Beijing on Tuesday to reclaim the No. 1 ranking, because the current top-ranked player, Dinara Safina, couldn’t get past that round. Williams, who will move to the top of the rankings next week, beat Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-3, 6-2 in just over one hour.
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Sports, Pages 22 on 10/07/2009
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