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Sharapova takes world No.2 ranking

Russian Maria Sharapova overtook Czech Petra Kvitova to take the world number two spot in the latest WTA rankings released on Monday.

Russian Maria Sharapova has overtaken Czech Petra Kvitova to take the world number two spot in the latest WTA rankings.

Sharapova was beaten in the quarter-finals of the Paris Open last week by Germany's Angelique Kerber, who went on to take the title, but the former world number one benefitted from the absence of last year's Paris winner Kvitova.

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