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Federer, Serena Williams Retain No. 1 rankings

Jan. 31 -- Australian Open champions Roger Federer and Serena Williams will maintain their No. 1 rankings when the new ATP and WTA rankings are released on Monday.

Federer, who defeated Britain's Andy Murray in the Australian Open men's final on Sunday, will begin his 268th week as No. 1 and match Jimmy Connors, currently in third place, for total number of weeks as world No. 1. Pete Sampras leads the career list with 286 weeks at No. 1, followed by Ivan Lendl with 270.

Williams, who beat Henin in Saturday's Australian Open final, has extended her current stretch at No. 1 to 15 weeks. Projections provided by the WTA show Williams will begin her 88th career week as the top-ranked player.

There will be movement on the women's side, with Li Na becoming the first Chinese player ever to enter the top 10 when she reaches a career high No. 10 following her semi-final run.

Justine Henin, who was unranked and playing on a wild-card entry at her first major in two years, still needs to play another tournament before she gets an official ranking.



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