THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

LISA DILLMAN’S TENNIS RANKINGS AND COMMENTS

WOMEN

*--* Rank Player Comment 1 JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE Hang on for that all-Belgian, prime-time U.S. Open final 2 KIM CLIJSTERS New math: No. 1 on the WTA computer, nowhere else 3 SERENA WILLIAMS Landed in this spot only through surgery-induced inactivity 4 VENUS WILLIAMS Will she join Serena on the Open’s growing disabled list? 5 LINDSAY DAVENPORT Sore foot limits her ability to challenge for the Open title 6 AMELIE MAURESMO One of the few big names who played in Toronto last week 7 JENNIFER CAPRIATI Will the last sound American player please stand up? 8 CHANDA RUBIN Injury halted her title defense in SoCal before it even started 9 SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA Team Navratilova won fourth doubles title of 2003 10 RUSSIA Headline writers went into hiding after Lina Krasnoroutskaya reached Toronto final MEN 1 ANDY RODDICK Brad Gilbert scorecard: Four titles, two semifinals and one sky jump 2 ROGER FEDERER Hewitt versus Roddick? The best rivalry may be Federer versus Roddick 3 ANDRE AGASSI Energy conservation kick. Skipped Cincinnati to refuel for the U.S. Open 4 JUAN CARLOS FERRERO Hard-court campaign hit a snag with an early loss and injury last week 5 LLEYTON HEWITT Returned to scene of the fine. Whole ATP mess started in Cincinnati 6 GUILLERMO CORIA Master of clay trying to translate that success to hard courts 7 MARDY FISH Go figure. Lost to Roddick in the Cincinnati final despite never losing serve 8 MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS Bright start to summer in Los Angeles turned cloudy in Cincinnati 9 TIM HENMAN Always interesting to note intense U.S. Open is less distracting than Wimbledon 10 WAYNE FERREIRA Props for giving UCLA event a compelling, competitive final versus Hewitt

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