The Polish Iga Swiatek, winner of the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid after her victory in the final against Aryna Sabalenkaeven higher his advantage over the Belarusian at the top of the world ranking published on Monday.
After this wonderful finale, Swiatek leads Sabalenka by nearly 3,500 pointsdefending the title in Madrid and, therefore, stopped scoring good points, which ended up in the hands of the world no.
Waiting for the start of another WTA 1000, in Rome, this week, The Belarusian player (7,498 points) narrowly maintained his second place, ahead of the American Coco Gauff (7,313 points).
In the Top 10, the main change is the relegation of the Greek Maria Sakkari (8th, -2)eliminated in the round of 16 in Madrid by the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (13th, +1).
The Czech Marketa Vondrousova6th, and the Chinese Qinwen Zheng7th, took the opportunity to each find the best classification of their respective races.
The former number 2 in the world, Ounce Jabeurwho had a difficult start to the season, regained confidence in Spain by reaching the quarterfinals and settling for ninth place.
The American Madison Keyswho defeated the Tunisian before losing in the semifinals against Swiatek, for his part jumped four places (16th).
WTA ranking
Classification on May 6
1. Iga Swiatek (POL) – 10910 points
2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) – 7498
3. Coco Gauff (USA) – 7313
4. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) – 6673
5. Jessica Pegula (USA) 4655
6. Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) – 4090 (+1)
7. Qinwen Zheng (CHN) – 3945 (+1)
8. María Sakkari (GRE) – 3925 (-2)
9. Ons Jabeur (TUN) – 3748
10. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) – 3493
11. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) – 3313
12. Jazmín Paolini (ITA) – 3048 (+1)
13. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) – 3035 (+1)
14. Karolina Muchova (CHE) – 2930 (-2)
15. Danielle Collins (USA) – 2759
16. Madison Keys (USA) – 2688 (+4)
17. Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) – 2495
18. Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) – 2450 (-2)
19. Elina Svitolina (UCR) – 2400 (-1)
20. Marta Kostyuk (GB) – 2235 (+1)
Source: La Verdad
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