Tennis

Leylah enters the top-20 of the rating

Published

4 years ago

February 8, 2022

Australian Ashleigh Barty, who recently won the first Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne, is still firmly at the top of the WTA rankings published on Monday, while the young Canadian Leylah Fernandez enters the top-20.

No change in the top three of the WTA after a week in which no tournament was contested, in the aftermath of the Australian Open: Barty is still well ahead of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Czech Barbora Krejcikova.

Behind these three women, another Czech, Karolina Pliskova, is now No. 4 (+1), ahead of two Spaniards: Paula Bandosa, who finished 5th (+1) in the best standings, and Garbine Muguruza (+1). It also surpasses the Greek Maria Sakkari (+1).

In 8th place in the world, Poland Iga Swiatek falls four places, ahead of Estonia Annett Kontaveit and Tunisia Ons Jabeur, which finds the top 10 (+1) against the American Danielle Collins, unlucky finalist in Melbourne (11th, – 1).

A little lower in the rankings, the young Canadian Leylah Fernandez, 19 years old, made her first entry in the top-20, ranked 19th in the world and now in front of another great hope of the circuit, the American Coco Gauff, 17, 20th in the world (-3).

WTA Rankings After Games:

1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 8330 points

2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 5698

3. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 5533

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 4452 (+1)

5. Paula Badosa (ESP) 4429 (+1)

6. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 4195 (+1)

7. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4071 (+1)

8. Iga Swiatek (POL) 3986 (-4)

9. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 3871

10. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3070 (+1)

Danielle Collins (USA) 2971 (-1)

12. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2705

13. Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2664

14. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 2638

15. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2531

16. Jessica Pegula (USA) 2474

17. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2396 (+1)

18. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2287 (+2)

19. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 2249 (+2)

20. Coco Gauff (USA) 2231 (-3)

Jessica Martinez

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Tennis

Australian Open Title holder Madison Keys eliminated in round of 16 by Jessica Pegula

Published

2 hours ago

January 26, 2026

Nancy

Australian Open Title holder Madison Keys eliminated in round of 16 by Jessica Pegula

(Melbourne) American Madison Keys, reigning tournament champion, was eliminated from the Australian Open tennis tournament by her compatriot Jessica Pegula on Monday.

Pegula, seeded sixth, defeated Keys (N.9) in two sets of 6-3, 6-4 at the Rod Laver Arena, thus reaching the quarterfinals.

Pegula, who has never won a Grand Slam tournament, won the first set in just 32 minutes, after taking an early 4-1 lead.

She also broke Keys’ serve to start the second, taking a 4-1 lead again. The clash ended when the defending champion sent a forehand into the net.

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Madison Keys

Pegula was excellent with the precision of her serve and she kept the ball in play with only a few unforced errors.

The two players had previously crossed swords on three occasions, and Keys had won the last two.

Pegula reached the final of the 2024 US Open, but lost to Aryna Sabalenka. This will be his fourth quarter-final appearance at Melbourne Park.

Pegula and Keys are good friends and host a podcast together. Keys previously said it would be the “first ever Grand Slam match between two podcast co-hosts.”

In the evening in Melbourne, the Polish Iga Swiatek (N.2) will face the Australian Maddison Inglis.

Source: lapresse

Nancy

I am a sports journalist who has worked in print and online. I have authored articles for a sports website and have covered sports news for over 6 years.

Tennis

Australian Open 2025 winner Keys failed to defend her title, losing to Pegula in the 1/8 finals

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2 hours ago

January 26, 2026

Gary

Australian Open 2025 winner Keys failed to defend her title, losing to Pegula in the 1/8 finals

Madison Keys / Photo: © Robert Prange / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

American tennis player Madison Keys lost to compatriot Jessica Pegula in the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open.

Last year’s tournament champion Keys was defeated with a score of 3:6, 4:6. The duration of the match was 1 hour 18 minutes.

Without defending the title, the ninth racket of the world lost 1,760 ranking points and will drop out of the Top 10 at the end of the competition.

In the quarterfinals, Pegula will play with the winner of the match Wang Xinyu (China) – Amanda Anisimova (USA).

Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million

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Jessica Pegula (USA, 6) – Madison Keys (USA, 9) – 6:3, 6:4

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Tennis

Jessica Pegula – Madison Keys. Watch online. Live broadcast

Published

6 hours ago

January 25, 2026

Nancy

Jessica Pegula – Madison Keys. Watch online. Live broadcast

The 2026 Australian Open women’s singles 1/8 finals will continue on January 26.

They will enter the Rod Laver Arena at approximately 02:30 Kyiv time. Jessica Pegula (USA, WTA 6) and Madison Keys (USA, WTA 9).

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This will be the fourth head-to-head meeting between the rivals.

The winner of the match will face Wang Xinyu or Amanda Anisimova in the quarter-finals.

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I am a sports journalist who has worked in print and online. I have authored articles for a sports website and have covered sports news for over 6 years.