Serena Williams officially No. 1 again

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Serena Williams officially retook the No. 1 spot in women's tennis Monday, passing a slumping Dinara Safina.

Williams is 19-6, including a win at Wimbledon, since the start of the French Open and was among those who questioned Safina's rise to No. 1. In rankings released Monday, Williams has 7,945 points while Safina is right behind at 7,940.

Safina became No. 1 April 20 and initially played well but is 3-4 over her last four events, including losses to players ranked 132nd and 226th over her last two tournaments.

Venus Williams -- 5-5 in recent events with three wins coming at the U.S. Open -- remained ranked No. 3, but Svetlana Kuznetsova, who Sunday won the China Open, went from No. 6 to No. 4, pushing Elena Dementieva to fifth and Carolina Wozniacki to sixth.

Vera Zvonareva remains No. 7 this week while Victoria Azarenka, now No. 8, switched places with No. 9 Jelena Jankovic. Agnieszka Radwanska re-entered the Top 10, pushing Flavia Pennetta from 10th to 11th.