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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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.