Hamburg - Dinara Safina continues to lead the women's tennis rankings, while fellow Russian Elena Dementieva moved back to fourth in the women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA.

Jelena Jankovic of Serbia slipped back to fifth, while Victoria Azarenka of Belarus improved to eighth.

WTA top 10 as of August 24 (previous ranking in parenthesis): <# 1. (1) Dinara Safina, Russia, 9,810 2. (2) Serena Williams, United States, 8,907 3. (3) Venus Williams, United States, 6,865 4. (5) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 6,835 5. (4) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 6,620 6. (6) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 5,960 7. (7) Vera Zvonareva, Russia,
5,300 8. (9) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 4,612 9. (8) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 4,400 10. (10) Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 3420 <# (dpa)