THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

LISA DILLMAN’S TENNIS RANKINGS AND COMMENTS

WOMEN

*--* Rk. Player Comment 1 JUSTINE H.-HARDENNE First loss in ’04 to Russian teen, not Clijsters or Williamses. 2 KIM CLIJSTERS Has reached two of the last three finals at Indian Wells. 3 ANASTASIA MYSKINA Could all-Russian finals be the beginning of a tour trend? 4 SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA Answer to trivia question after taking out Henin-Hardenne. 5 LINDSAY DAVENPORT Curtailing hard-court season by eliminating Miami from schedule. 6 AMELIE MAURESMO Scheduled to return to tour at Amelia Island clay-court stop. 7 JENNIFER CAPRIATI Recurrent back injury casting pall over rest of 2004 season. 8 VENUS WILLIAMS Yet to reach a semifinal in three events of fledgling comeback. 9 SERENA WILLIAMS Sabbatical lasting much longer than most presidential campaigns. 10 RUSSIANS First the NHL, now the WTA. They are everywhere.

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