The number one and the top-10 in the WTA world ranking were sentenced on the semi-final day of the Australian Open. Everything was resolved in combination with the victory of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in Spain Paula Badosa and the American surprise Madison Keys at the expense of the Polish Iga Swiatek.
The forecast indicated a final between two-time champion Sabalenka and five-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek, but the current No. Only 1 followed, who will continue in this position because he needs to reach the quarterfinals (he did it in spades. ) and have a better result than the Pole, something that was certified this Thursday.
In the top-10, Paula Badosa already knows that she will close it in the ranking on Monday. This is her return from the list on October 17, 2022. Although in the ‘semies’ she left one place, because Madison Keys surpassed her, temporarily eighth. From fourteenth place. He will finish seventh if he is champion.
Badosa rose from twelfth to tenth position, at the expense of the Russian Daria Kasatkina and the American Danielle Collins. He added 650 points by improving to the third round of 2024.
Sabalenka leads Swiatek by 186 points, which would be 886 if she completes the hat trick in Australia.
1. Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) / 8,956 points
2. Iga Swiatek (Pol) / 8,770
3. Coco Gauff (USA) / 6,538
4. Jasmine Paolini (Ita) / 5,289
5. Elena Rybakina (Kaz) / 4,893
6. Jessica Pegula (USA) / 4,861
7. Qinwen Zheng (Chn) / 4,095
8. Madison Keys (USA) / 3,980
9. Emma Navarro (USA) / 3,709
10. Paula Badosa (Esp) / 3,608
11. Daria Kasatkina (Russian) / 3,321
12. Danielle Collins (USA) / 3,207
13. Diana Shnaider (Russian) / 3,015
14. Barbora Krejcikova (Che) / 2,783
15. Mirra Andreeva (Rus) / 2,665
Source: La Verdad
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