Aryna Sabalenka ranked second in the WTA world tennis rankings after winning the Cincinnati tournament this Monday defeating American Jessica Pegula in the final.
The Belarusian accumulates 8,016 points, which puts him only behind the Polish Iga Swiatek (10,695).which he definitely lost in the semifinals of the American tournament. Her promotion caused North American Coco Gauff to drop to third place (6,743).
Czech Barbora Krejcikova rose to eighth place at the expense of the Greek Maria Sakkari and the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko entered the ‘top 10’.
Paula Badosa, semifinalist in Cincinnati, continues her progress. It rises nine positions and is in 27th place.. Cristina Bucsa returned the same in 72nd place, just ahead of Sara Sorribes, with whom she won the bronze medal in the doubles tournament at the Paris 2024 Games who rose to 80th and Nuria Párrizas to 99th.
WTA Rankings
08/20/2024
1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 10695 pts
2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 8016 (+1)
3. Coco Gauff (USA) 6743 (-1)
4. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 5931
5. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 5168
6. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5160
7. Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 3980
8. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 3571 (+1)
9. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3515 (-1)
10. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 3428 (+1)
11. Danielle Collins (USA) 3422 (-1)
12. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 2973
13. Emma Navarro (USA) 2950
14. Madison Keys (USA) 2727
15. Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 2712
16. Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 2610 (+1)
17. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 2451 (-2)
18. Diana Shnaider (RUS) 2385 (+2)
19. Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 2348 (+2)
20. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2266 (-1)
Source: La Verdad
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