V. Williams moves to No. 5 world ranking

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Venus Williams used her victory in the United Arab Emirates to return to the Top Five in the latest world women's tennis rankings.

Williams won the high-profile Dubai Tennis Championships with a straight-set victory Saturday over Virginie Razzano for her 40th career WTA singles title. That allowed her to improve her ranking from sixth to fifth.

Razzano, who defeated two Top Five players en route to the title match, moved from 58th to 41st in the rankings.

Serena Williams, who lost a third-set tiebreaker to her sister in the Dubai semifinals, remained ranked No. 1 followed by second-rated Dinara Safina, No. 3 Jelena Jankovic and fourth-ranked Elena Dementieva.

Venus Williams switched places with Vera Zvonareva, who is now ranked sixth. Ana Ivanovic moved up one spot to seventh, trading places with Svetlana Kuznetsova while Nadia Petrova and Agnieszka Radwanska held on to the ninth and 10th spots, respectively.