The WTA rankings published this Monday are still dominated by Iga Swiatek but the Pole, who withdrew from Wuhan, sees the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka descend on her, while the American Coco Gauff has regained third place at the expense of her compatriot Jessica Pegula.
Titled Sunday at the tournament WTA 1000 de Wuhan for the third time in his career, Sabalenka is only 69 points behind Swiatekwho announced ten days ago that she had separated from her trainer Tomasz Wiktorowski.
Defeated in the semi-finals Wuhan par Sabalenka during a match where she committed 21 double faults, Gauff nevertheless benefited from the elimination of Pegula from the eighth to pass the latter in the ranking. Also out in the eighth, the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia however, gained two places to reach 10th place and thus regain the best ranking of his career.
La Russe Anna Kalinskayaup one position, reached the best ranking of her career at 12th in the world, and overtook the Czech Barbora Krejcikovadown three positions. The Spanish Paula Badosa recovered 14th place at the expense of the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.
WTA ranking published Monday October 14:
1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 9,785 pts
2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 9,716
3. Coco Gauff (USA) 5 973 (+1)
4. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5,785 (-1)
5. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 5,373
6. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 5 323
7. Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 4 430
8. Emma Navarro (USA) 3 698
9. Danielle Collins (USA) 3 176
10. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 3 146 (+2)
11. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 3,108
12. Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 2,880 (+1)
13. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 2,866 (-3)
14. Paula Badosa (ESP) 2 713 (+1)
15. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2,688 (-1)
16. Diana Shnaider (RUS) 2 641
17. Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 2,471
18. Donna Vekic (CRO) 2 278
19. Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 2 253
20. Madison Keys (USA) 2 206.
