Tennis
WTA ranking. Kostyuk made his debut in the status of Ukraine’s first racket.
The women spent the last two weeks on the Madrid courts, where the world’s first and second rackets met in the final. Arina Sobolenko has slightly narrowed the gap with Iga Sviontek and will soon fight her for the lead in the standings.
Tunisian Ounce Jaber lost three positions, now seventh. Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan, the sixth position, set a personal record. Maria Sakkari and Daria Kasatkina swapped places.
Top 10 WTA Rankings
The best of the Ukrainians did not perform very well. Angelina Kalinina quickly left in Madrid and dropped 13 lines. This is the first time she “benefited” from Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine’s first racket, despite losing four places.
Lesya Tsurenko continues to advance, she is already in 68th place. Dayana Yastremska and Daria Snigur went down a bit on the list, while Katerina Bindl and Katarina Zawatskaya went up. Yulia Starodubtseva again made solid progress, updating her personal success. She’s already in the fifth percentile.
Elina Svitolina immediately rose to the 540th place from the second thousandth of the rating. Anastasia Soboleva and Alexander Oleinikov are also gradually added.
Ukrainian women in the WTA ranking
Lyudmila Kichenok repeated her best career success, moving up to seventh place in the doubles rankings. Kostyuk is 27th here, Nadezhda Kichenok is 58th.
Top 10 WTA Couples Rankings
In the championship race, Sobolenko left Sviontek firmly. There was a change in the starting 8 – Kreychikova outstripped Kvitova.
WTA Championship Race
Among the Ukrainians in this ranking, only Lesya Tsurenko advanced, this year she has already scored more points than Kalinina. We’re considering three potential tennis players in the top 50, along with Svitolina and Yastremskaya.
Ukrainian women in the WTA Championship race
Source: Sport UA
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