In brief: Williams, Roddick drop in rankings

Venus Williams dropped out of the WTA Tour’s top 20, and Andy Roddick slid out of the ATP Tour’s top 10 in Monday’s rankings after both fell short of past performances at Wimbledon.

Roger Federer’s fourth consecutive Wimbledon title allowed him to stay at No. 1, but No. 2 Rafael Nadal closed the gap by reaching his first final at the All England Club.

The first five spots in the women’s rankings did not change: Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo remained at No. 1, followed by semifinalist Kim Clijsters, runner-up Justine Henin-Hardenne, semifinalist Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova.

Both Williams and Roddick have been ranked No. 1 in the past.

Williams was the defending champion at the All England Club but was upset in the third round by Jelena Jankovic, sending the American from No. 12 to No. 23. Williams also won Wimbledon in 2000 and 2001, and reached the final in 2002 and 2003, losing to younger sister Serena both times.

Serena Williams, also once ranked No. 1, skipped this Wimbledon with a left knee injury that’s kept her off the tour most of the year, and she’s now ranked 140th.

Roddick, the Wimbledon runner-up in 2004 and 2005, was knocked out in the third round this time, a straight-sets loser to Andy Murray. Roddick’s ranking went from fifth to 11th, his first time out of the top 10 since the start of 2003.

Hockey

Bell, Havlat dealt in three-team trade

The San Jose Sharks acquired versatile forward Mark Bell from Chicago as part of a three-team trade that sent Ottawa forward Martin Havlat to the Blackhawks.

The Sharks traded defensemen Tom Preissing and Josh Hennessy to Chicago for Bell, who had career highs of 25 goals and 23 assists last season. The Blackhawks then shipped Preissing and Hennessy to the Senators along with defenseman Michal Barinka and a 2008 second-round draft pick in exchange for Havlat and forward Bryan Smolinski.

“Forward Andrew Peters, who led Buffalo with 100 penalty minutes last season, signed a one-year, $460,000 contract with the Sabres and avoided salary arbitration.

“The Minnesota Wild re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Brent Burns to a two-year, $1.65 million contract.

Baseball

Bonds’ personal trainer asks for release

Barry Bonds’ personal trainer asked a federal appeals court to allow him to leave prison on bail nearly a week after a judge ordered him locked up for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating the San Francisco Giants slugger.

Greg Anderson, who served three months in prison after pleading guilty last year for his role in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative steroid scandal, was held in contempt of court last week and taken to prison.

Anderson’s attorney Mark Geragos asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Judge Willam Alsup’s ruling and set Anderson free.