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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Li Na has reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 this week. (Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Australian Open champion Li Na of China moved up to No. 2 in this week's WTA Tour rankings, the highest position for a singles player from Asia, male or female, in history.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Li, who lost in the third round of the Qatar Open last week, rose from third to second as part of a shakeup behind No. 1 Serena Williams. The new top five is Williams, Li, Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova. Radwanska improved one spot, claiming her highest position in more than 16 months, and Azarenka was bumped from No. 2 to No. 4 after withdrawing from the Qatar Open as the two-time defending champion. Sharapova remains fifth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Li's milestone comes the same week that countrywoman Peng Shuai ascended to No. 1 in doubles, becoming the first top-ranked Chinese player.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In other rankings news:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Romania's Simona Halep inched up one spot, to a career-high No. 9, after winning the Qatar Open. The highest-ranked Romanian ever is Irina Spirlea, who reached No. 7 in 1997.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Sara Errani fell from No. 7 to No. 10.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Former No. 23 Mona Barthel slipped from No. 63 to No. 76. Barthel, who opened the year at No. 34, has lost in the first round in three of five tournaments this year.\n\u2022 Petra Cetkovska jumped from No. 134 to No. 91 after reaching the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open as a qualifier. She upset Sloane Stephens in the first round and Li in the round of 16.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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