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Second-round win makes Serena No. 1

Associated Press

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

BEIJING -- Serena Williams reclaimed her No. 1 ranking with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the second round of the China Open on Tuesday. Williams will move to the top rankings next week by finishing better than current No. 1 Dinara Safina at the tournament. Safina lost to local wild card entry Zhang Shuai in the second round on Monday. "It feels pretty good. I'm really excited, I guess," Williams said. "I don't want to put too much pressure on myself, but I'm obviou ...

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