The Russian Aryna Sabalenka is the new number one in world tennis, although it is included Only 45 points ahead about polish Iga Swiatek whom he expelled taking advantage of his lack of cues to change their technical team.
Sabalenkathat topped the WTA rankings for the first time in September 2023removed Swiatek from a throne that It has been continuously occupied since November 6, 2023.
The Polish, which announced last week the election of Belgian Wim Fissette as head coachhas not played a tournament since the US Open.
The new queen, 26 years old, He has won four tournaments this season (Australian and US Open, Cincinnati and Wuhan) and balanced 54 wins by 12 losses.
Among the top ten in the ranking there is another change, the appearance of Russian Daria Kasatkina in ninth place, after jumping the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and the American Danielle Collins.
The Spanish Paula Badosa improved one position, to fourteenth, after leaving the semifinals of Ningbo (China).
WTA RANKING
1.- Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) – 9,706 points
2.- Iga Swiatek (POL) – 9,665 points
3.- Coco Gauff (USA) – 5,963 points
4.- Jessica Pegula (USA) – 5,785 points
5.- Elena Rybakina (KAZ) – 5,471 points
6. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) – 5,144 points
7.- Qinwen Zheng (CHI) – 4,480 points
8.- Emma Navarro (USA) – 3,698 points
9.- Daria Kasatkina (RUS) – 3,500 points
10.- Beatriz Haddad (BRA) – 3,194 points
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14.- Paula Badosa (ESP) – 2,898 points
Source: La Verdad
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