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 | Serena wins player of the Top 10 for the first time this season30-07-2011 |
American tennis player Serena Williams for the semifinals of the tournament in Sanford, USA, after defeating Russia's Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-3.
The smaller of the Williams sisters has concentrated on winning the race, which has a prize fund of 721,000 dollars.
With the success over Sharapova, who ranked fifth in the women's rankings, Serena Williams records first win of the season's top player over 10.Tova is only the third tournament for the American, as in the previous two players it was out of the Top 10 - Vera Zvonareva (3) in Istbarn and Marion Bartoli (9) Wimbledon.