World number one and third time US Open champion is what Serena Williams became on September 7 2008 after winning her final match against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic (6-4, 7-5).

It was Jankovic's first ever Grand Slam final while Williams has come triumphant in 1999 and 2002 and had the advantage of playing in front of a home crowd.

"I'm so excited," Williams said after the match as quoted by usopen.org. "I wasn't even going for number one. It's just a bonus. But first, I'd like to thank my god Jehovah."
Jankovic said, "I was proud to be in the final, but obviously disappointed that I lost."

Now Williams tops the WTA rankings with 4091 points, followed by Jankovic with 3965 points and Serbian Ana Ivanovic with 3523 points. Next are Russians Elena Dementieva, Dinara Safina, Maria Sharapova ans Svetlana Kuznetsova.

The last three of the top ten women players are Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva and Agnieszka Radwanska.

Pironkova is the best ranked Bulgarian player at number 50. She was world number 42 before the start of the US Open. Sesil Karatancheva is 169th in the world, while Dia Evtimova is world number 329. Elitsa Kostova completes the list of Bulgarians in the WTA top 500 at 493th position.