Tennis
Kasatkina climbs to 12th place in updated WTA rankings, Schneider debuts in top 30
Daria Kasatkina / Photo: © Gareth Fuller – PA Images / Contributor/ PA Images / Gettyimages.ru
Russian Daria Kasatkina has risen two positions in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, an updated version of which has been published on the organization’s website.
On Saturday, 27-year-old Kasatkina won the WTA tournament in Eastbourne. The Russian tennis player defeated Canada’s Leyla Fernandez 6-3, 6-4 in the final match and won the seventh singles title of her career. Kasatkina moved up from 14th to 12th place in the rankings.
Another Russian, Diana Schneider, who won the WTA 500 tournament in Bad Homburg, Germany, over the weekend, has jumped 17 positions to her highest ranking of 30th.
Iga Swiatek from Poland remains the leader of the WTA rankings. American Cori Gauff is behind her, and the top three is rounded out by Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus.
WTA Rankings. Version from July 1
1 (1). Iga Swiatek (Poland) – 11,585 points
2 (2). Cori Gauff (USA) – 7943
3 (3). Arina Sabalenka (Belarus) – 7841
4 (4). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 6026
5 (5). Jessica Pegula (USA) – 5025
6 (6). Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) – 4463
7 (7). Yasmin Paolini (Italy) – 4228
8 (8). Zheng Xinwen (China) – 4055
9 (9). Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 3805
10 (10). Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) – 3801…
12 (14). Daria Kasatkina (Russia) — 3283…
15 (15). Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia) — 2830…
18 (17). Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) — 2310…
22 (22). Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) — 2053
23 (24). Mirra Andreeva (Russia) — 2018
28 (25). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) — 1756…
30 (47). Diana Schneider (Russia) — 1690…
38 (36). Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) — 1488…
41 (39). Anastasia Potapova (Russia) — 1415…
60 (66). Anna Blinkova (Russia) — 1030…
77 (81). Elina Avanesyan (Russia) — 855.
Source: Sportbox
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