Tennis
Swiatek close to the podium, Barty still untouchable
(Paris) The Polish Iga Swiatek reached fourth place in the world on Monday thanks to her victory in Doha on Saturday, followed by her opponent in the final, the Estonian Anett Kontaveit, in a WTA ranking still dominated by Ashleigh Barty.
The 20-year-old, winner of Roland-Garros in 2020, jumped four places thanks to her performance in Qatar, where she conceded only one set during the entire tournament, dismissing two other members of the Top 10: Greek Maria Sakkari and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
Sabalenka also falls to third place in the WTA rankings, in favor of the Czech Barbora Krejcíková, who remains however far from the Australian Barty, at almost 3000 points.
The other Top 10 Czech, Karolina Pliskova, continues to fall slowly, still injured. The former N.1 has still not played in competition this year.
Beaten by Sakkari in the quarter-finals of the Doha tournament, the young American Cori Gauff (17) also climbed four places and made her return to the top 20, to 19and square. His compatriot Sloane Stephens jumped 18 places in the standings thanks to his victory at the Guadalajara tournament (N.39).
WTA Ranking
- Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 7980 pts
- Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 5073 (+1)
- Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 4853 (-1)
- Iga Swiatek (POL) 4776 (+4)
- Anett Kontaveit (EST) 4721 (+2)
- Paula Badosa (ESP) 4510 (-2)
- Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4436 (-1)
- Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 4242 (-3)
- Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 3235
- Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3065
- Danielle Collins (USA) 2972
- Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2880 (+1)
- Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2664 (-1)
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 2473
- Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2427
- Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2272
- Jessica Pegula (USA) 2234
- Angelique Kerber (GER) 2232
- Cori Gauff (USA) 2231 (+4)
- Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2101
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Russian tennis player Lyudmila Samsonova announced her engagement to her Italian coach Alessandro Dumitrache.
The athlete posted a photo on social media with an engagement ring, which she captioned: “A new chapter begins.” The tennis player also tagged her lover’s account. Samsonova and Dumitrake have been dating since 2020.
Samsonova is 27 years old. She won the WTA tournaments five times and reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2025. Samsonova ranks 17th in the world rankings.
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24-year-old British tennis player Jack DraperThe national team, which ranks 10th in the ATP rankings, will not be able to play in the 2025 Australian Open.
This became known on December 26. Jack recorded a video message in which he stated that he will miss the Australian series completely:
“Unfortunately, my team and I have decided not to travel to Australia this year. This is a really difficult decision because the Australian Open is a Grand Slam event, one of the biggest tournaments in our sport.”
However, I had been suffering from a hand injury for a long time. I am in the final stages of my recovery and returning to the court so early for five-set matches does not seem like a wise decision for me and my tennis.
Of course, I have already experienced many failures. But this was the hardest and hardest I have ever experienced. I expect to be back racing and competing on the field in 2026. Thank you everyone for your support in 2025; This really means a lot to me. I hope to return to tour soon and compete at the highest level again,” Draper said.
Interestingly, Draper only announced that he would play at a major in Melbourne on the 24th of the same month.
Jack has been away from the Tour since late August, when he withdrew from his match against Zizou Bergs in the second round of the US Open, ending his season early.
— jack draper (@jackdraper0) December 26, 2025
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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
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