Tennis

Barty intact, Fernandez excluded from the top-20

Published

4 years ago

February 28, 2022

Sophia

Barty intact, Fernandez excluded from the top-20

PARIS, France – Poland’s Iga Swiatek finished fourth in the world on Monday thanks to a victory in Doha on Saturday, followed by finalist Estonia Kontaveit in a WTA ranking still dominated by Ashleigh Barty.

The 20-year-old, winner of Roland Garros in 2020, jumps four places thanks to her performance in Qatar, where she conceded only one set throughout the tournament, eliminating two other members of the top-10: Maria Sakkari from Greece and Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus. .

Sabalenka also falls to third place in the WTA standings in favor of Czech Barbora Krejcíková, who remains far behind Australian Barty by almost 3,000 points.

The other Czech in the top-10, Karolina Pliskova, continues to fall slowly, still injured. The former No. 1 has not yet played in games this year.

Defeated by Sakkari in the quarterfinals of the Doha tournament, the young American Cori Gauff (17) also climbed four places and returned to the top 20, in 19th place. Sloane Stephens’s compatriot jumped 18 places in the standings thanks to her victory in the Guadalajara tournament (No. 39).

Canada’s Leylah Fernandez dropped two places to 21st in the world. Bianca Andreescu, a compatriot, maintained her 43rd place. For her part, 142nd, Canadian Rebecca Marino climbed 11 places.

WTA Ranking:

1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 7980 points

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 5073 (+1)

3. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 4853 (-1)

4. Iga Swiatek (POL) 4776 (+4)

5. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 4721 (+2)

6. Paula Badosa (ESP) 4510 (-2)

7. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4436 (-1)

8. Carolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4242 (-3)

9. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 3235

10. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3065

11. Danielle Collins (USA) 2972

12. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2880 (+1)

13. Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2664 (-1)

14. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 2473

15. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2427

16. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2272

17. Jessica Pegula (USA) 2234

18. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2232

19. Cori Gauff (USA) 2231 (+4)

20. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2101

Sophia

Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.

Tennis

ATP Awards 2025. Alcaraz vs Sinner: Who was the best? All award winners

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46 minutes ago

December 27, 2025

Nancy

ATP Awards 2025. Alcaraz vs Sinner: Who was the best? All award winners

Professional Tennis Players Association (ATP) gave awards to players based on the results of the 2025 season.

Carlos Alcaraz, the leader in the world rankings, became the best tennis player of the year. His main rival was Jannik Sinner.

Alcaraz’s former coach Juan Carlos Ferrero (also Carlitos’ second coach Samuel Lopez) has already received the best coach award.

ATP Awards 2025. All award winners

Best Tennis Player of the Year – Carlos Alcaraz
Best Greenhouses of the Year – Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool
Coach of the Year – Juan Carlos Ferrero (and Samuel Lopez)
Breakthrough of the Year – Valentin Vachereau
Favorite of the Year – Jannik Sinner
Stefan Edberg Award (for sportsmanship) – Carlos Alcaraz
Arthur Ashe Prize (for humanitarian aid) – Andrey Rublev
Tournaments of the year – ATP 1000 Cincinnati, ATP 500 Doha, ATP 250 Bostad
Match of the Year – Monte Carlos Masters Quarter Finals Carlos Alcaraz – Arthur Fiss [4:6, 7:5, 6:3]

VIDEO. Match of the year: Alcaraz vs Fis in the Masters quarter-final in Monte Carlo

Source: Sport UA

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

Rublev beat Vachereau at the World Tennis Continental Cup in China

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2 hours ago

December 27, 2025

Gary

Rublev beat Vachereau at the World Tennis Continental Cup in China

Andrey Rublev / Photo: © Zhe Ji / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev defeated the representative of Monaco, Valentin Vachereau, at the World Tennis Continental Cup tournament in Shenzhen (China).

Rublev, representing the world team, beat Vachereau from the European team with a score of 2:6, 7:6 (7:5), 10:7.

The overall score at the tournament was 3:2 in favor of the world team.

Rublev’s next opponent will be Italian Flavio Cobolli, Vachereau will face Zhang Zhizhen from China. Both meetings will take place on Sunday.

The tournament takes place December 26–28. The eight participants are divided into two teams: Team Europe and Team World. Each player will play two singles matches, and two doubles matches will also be played.

Source: Sportbox

Gary

I am a sports journalist who has written for a number of Sportish. I have a background in journalism and have been writing since I was young. My main focus is sports news, but I also write about general news. I am currently working as an author at Sportish.

Tennis

Looking ahead to 2025 Our best tennis photos

Published

24 hours ago

December 26, 2025

Nancy

Looking ahead to 2025 Our best tennis photos

Check out some of the best tennis shots our photographers have taken over the past year

PHOTO OLIVIER JEAN, THE PRESS

American Coco Gauff returns a serve from Russian Veronika Kudermetova during their third round match on center court at the IGA stadium.

PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

Victoria Mboko at work against Elena Rybakina in the semi-final at the National Bank Open

PHOTO OLIVIER JEAN, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

Eugenie Bouchard on the backhand during her second round match at the National Bank Open

PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

Marta Kostyuk screams during her match against Daria Kasatkina at the National Bank Open.

PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

Mirra Andreeva in action against McCartney Kessler at the National Bank Open

PHOTO HUGO-SÉBASTIEN AUBERT, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

Naomi Osaka watches the ball in the first round of the National Bank Open against Ariana Arseneault.

PHOTO OLIVIER JEAN, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

Bianca Andreescu suffered an ankle injury against Barbora Krejčíková at the National Bank Open.

PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

Liudmila Samsonova displays her muscles during her duel against Naomi Osaka at the National Bank Open.

PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

A doubles match pitting Italians Jasmine Paolini (right) and Sara Errani against Canadians Bianca Jolie Fernandez (left) and Leylah Annie Fernandez at the National Bank Open

PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

Daria Kasatkina keeps her eyes on the ball against Marta Kostyuk in the third round at the National Bank Open.

PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

Victoria Mboko celebrates on court her victory against Naomi Osaka in the final of the National Bank Open.

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.