Polish Iga Swiatek and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka ensured their permanence at the top of the table of the women’s tennis world rankings, after the Indian Wells Masters, the first Master 1000 on the men’s tour, and the WTA 1000 on the women’s circuit.
Swiatek (10,715) was crowned again at the Indian Wells Masters, which allowed her to occupy first place in the WTA ranking2,520 points behind Sabalenka (8,195), who fell in the round of 16 against Emma Navarro (2,178) and is therefore not leading from the Pole.
The Greek Maria Sakkari (3,825), who reached the final, entered the ‘top 10’ and settled in ninth place; while the Chinese Yue Yuan (1,436) gave a surprise and rose 12 places (thirty-seventh).
For the Spanish representatives, the best classified is Sara Sorribes (52), followed by Cristina Bucsa (74) and Paula Badosa, who this week dropped seven places to rank number 80 in the world.
The Catalan has not raced since last February 19 in Dubai, when he had to leave the track because back pain prevented him from competing.
She failed to return to the WTA 1000 in Indian Wellsone of his favorite tournaments because it was here that he achieved his greatest success, winning the title in 2021.
He will try it today in Miami, although the draw was explosive for him. She had to play the morbid match, as she was paired with Romanian Simona Halepunprecedented since the 2022 US Open, returned as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reduced its penalty for a positive doping test (roxadustat) from four years to nine months.
The former world No. 1 and champion of two Grand Slam titles, Wimbledon 2018 and Roland Garros 2019, has already served that punishment, and Miami has given him an invitation to appear in the draw.
If Badosa survives a back injury and a more motivated Halep, He will meet in the second round one of the favorites for the title, his very good Belarusian friend Aryna Sabalenka.
Source: La Verdad
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