The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has updated its ranking of the world’s best tennis players based on last week’s results.
Thus, Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek (8940 points) continues to hold the first place. She managed to reach the final of the tournament in Rome (Italy), where she lost to the representative of Kazakhstan, Elena Rybakina. The Polish athlete withdrew from the game in the third set.
Belarusian tennis player Arina Sobolenko (7541 points) also continues to occupy the second place. Third place is American Jessica Pegula (5,205 points).
Ten positions were won by Russia’s Anna Blinkova. It moved up from 66th place to 56th place. Yesterday, Blinkova lost to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in the final of the WTA-250 tournament held in Strasbourg (France), with the scores of 2:6, 3:6 in consecutive sets.
On the way to the final, Blinkova lost to US Lauren Davis, as well as compatriot Emma Novarra, Germany’s Anna-Lena Friedsam and France’s Amaden Ess.
The best of the Russians in the WTA ranking is still Daria Kasatkina, ninth.
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