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he Spaniard, who is chasing his 12th ATP Tour crown this week, will meet seventh seed Karen Khachanov in the second round.
Serena led the WTA world rankings with 7780 points followed by Kerber with 7205 points.
American tennis player Serena Williams led the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings on Monday.
German Angelique Kerber came second with 7405 points, followed by Czech Karolina Pliskova with 5640.
The current WTA rankings and points scored are as follows:
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1. Serena Williams (US) 7780 points
2. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 7405
3. Karolina Pliskova (Czech) 5640
4. Simona Halep (Romania) 5172
5. Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 5075
6. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 4670
7. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 4585
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 3915
9. Madison Keys (US) 3897
10. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 3890.
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