Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova rose three positions in the WTA rankings

Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova moved from 47th to 44th place in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranking, an updated version of which was published on the organization’s website.

The first racket of Russia remains Mirra Andreeva, located on the ninth line, followed by Ekaterina Alexandrova.

In addition, Anna Blinkova rose one position, the Russian woman ranks 61st.

There have also been changes in the top three; for the first time in her career, American Amanda Anisimova became the third racket of the world. The athlete rose from fourth place and was ahead of her compatriot Cori Gauff. Belarusian Arina Sabalenka is still in the lead, Iga Szwiatek from Poland is in second place.

WTA rankings as of January 5:

1 (1). Arina Sabalenko (Belarus) – 10490 points

2 (2). Iga Szwiatek (Poland) – 8178

3 (4). Amanda Anisimova – 6287

4 (3). Corey Gauff (both USA) – 6273

5 (5). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 5850

6 (6). Jessica Pegula – 5583

7 (7). Madison Keys (both USA) – 4335

8 (8). Jasmine Paolini (Italy) – 4236

9 (9). Mirra Andreeva – 4125

10 (10). — Ekaterina Alexandrova — 3375

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17 (17). Lyudmila Samsonova – 2209

21 (21). Diana Schneider – 1866

30 (30). Veronica Kudermetova – 1558

33 (33). Anna Kalinskaya – 1461

44 (47). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – 1184

61 (62). Anna Blinkova – 1016

100 (100). Oksana Selekhmetyeva – 766 (all – Russia)