For the first time since January 2023, the Spanish player Paula Badosa appeared this Monday in between Top 15 positions in the WTA rankings thanks to the four-place boost given to them by the Beijing tournament, where they reached the semifinals.
Badosa, who was ranked 140th in May, returned to the top-100 on July 1 (93) and since then has not stopped his progress, reflecting the improvement of his results after a period of hindered by injuries.
After skipping the Olympic Games by his own decision, in August won the tournament in Washington and followed by the second round in Toronto, semi-finals in Cincinnati, quarter-finals at the US Open and, last week, semi-finals in Beijing. In the quarterfinals she defeated number 3 on the table, Jessica Pegula, and only champion Coco Gauff stood in her way.
Badosa, who reached number 2 in April 2022, is the best Spaniard in the ranking, ahead of Jessica Bouzas (61, -4), Cristina Bucsa (71, +8), Nuria Párrizas (80, +1) and Sara Sorribes ( 98, +6).
The podium of the list remains unshakable the Polish Iga Swiatek, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and the American Pegula. So far, Swaitek and Sabalenka are the only players guaranteed a presence at the WTA finals in Riyadh, starting on November 2.
The American too Gauff She moved up two positions after her victory in Beijing, to fourth place, and overtook Kazakh Elena Rybakina and Italian Jasmine Paolini, who are now fifth and sixth.
Other improvements at the top of the ranking include the Russian Mirra Andreeva, trained by the Spanish Conchita Martínez and achieved the best position of her career, nineteenth (+3), and the Czech Karolina Muchova, finalist in the Chinese capital , which advanced 18 places, to 31st.
This week the Wuhan Open, category 1000, where Sabalenka is the first favorite. Swiatwek announced his resignation, needing time to rebuild his team after his split with coach Tomasz Wiktorowski.
Source: La Verdad
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