Iga Świątek maintained her leading position in the latest world ranking of tennis players. The Polish woman increased her advantage over her most dangerous rival, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, to 645 points.
The former player criticized Świątek. “I don’t think her presence is good for tennis”
The former player criticized Świątek. “I don’t think her presence is good for tennis”
The charge of coach Tomasz Wiktorowski is the first on the WTA list from April 4, 2022.
Świątek won the WTA 250 tournament in Warsaw on Sunday, which allowed her to slightly increase the distance to Sabalenka. Previously, the tennis players were separated by 470 points.
Magda Linette maintained 25th place in the ranking. The next two Polish women recorded declines – Magdalena Fręch moved from 79th to 80th place, and Katarzyna Kawa from 255th to 257th. Weronika Falkowska went up two positions to 277th place. Maja Chwalińska suffered the biggest losses from the white-and-red team, by as much as 46 positions – a drop to 405th place.
In the WTA Race ranking, which will select the eight best tennis players of 2023 – participants of the season-ending WTA Finals tournament, Świątek is still in second place; only Sabalenka is ahead of her, the difference between them has decreased to 490 points.
Top rankings of WTA Tour tennis players – as of July 31:
1. (1) Iga Świątek (Poland) 9490 points
2. (2) Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) 8845
3. (3) Jelena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) 5465
4. (4) Jessica Pegula (USA) 5395
5. (6) Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 4846
6. (5) Caroline Garcia (France) 4685
7. (7) Cori Gauff (USA) 3390
8. (8) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 3341
9. (9) Maria Sakkari (Greece) 3310
10. (10) Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) 3106
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25. (25) Magda Linette (Poland) 1835
80. (79) Magdalena Fręch (Poland) 838
257.(255) Katarzyna Kawa (Poland) 280
277.( 279) Weronika Falkowska (Poland) 239
405. (359) Maja Chwalińska (Poland) 139
The top of the WTA Race ranking – as of July 31:
1. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) 6455 points
2. Iga Świątek (Poland) 5965
3. Jelena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) 4891 4.
Jessica Pegula (USA) 2975
5. Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) 2936
6. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 2781
7 Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 2355
8. Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) 2180
9. Cori Gauff (USA) 2115
10. Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 2040
…
23. Magda Linette (Poland) 1472
67. Magdalena Fręch (Poland) 551
