Tennis
Sakkari climbed to number 6 in the world rankings, Tsitsipas to number 5
Maria Sakkari, who moved up one place in the WTA world rankings, has been ranked sixth in the world since Monday (March 7th). Tsitsipas remained in 5th place.
Maria Sakkari will be back at world no. 6 this week, with Spain’s Paula Pantosa dropping points from last year’s tournament in Lyon, where she reached the semi-finals, dropping a place.
This was the only change in the WTA top-10 over the past week, with Ashley Barty remaining at No. 1, followed by Czech Barbora Krejcikova and Arina Sampalenka, Iga Sfiodek and Annette Kondaveit completing the top-5.
On the other hand, in the ATP rankings (men), Stefanos Tsitsipas stayed at No. 5 in the world for another week, Rafa Nadal at No. 4 and Daniel Medvedev at the top.
the Despina Papamhail, who continues to gain places in the WTA rankings, with the Greek tennis player rising 3 places and now standing at No. 167 in the world. It’s worth noting that Papamichael has gained a total of 15 spots since the season started, up from 182nd place in January 2022.
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