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18 Oct 2021

Azarenka moves up to 26th in WTA

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MINSK, 18 October (BelTA) – Victoria Azarenka of Belarus went up to the 26th spot in the WTA rankings, BelTA has learned.

Before the start of the prestigious tournament in the Indian Wells, the former world number one was 32nd. After reaching the event’s final Victoria Azarenka improved her position by six spots. Now the Belarusian goes with 2,505 points. Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka remained second in the WTA with 7,115 points. Aliaksandra Sasnovich moved up to the 84th with a total of 850 points. Olga Govortsova goes 132nd with 567 points.

WTA Top Ten:

1. Ashleigh Barty (Australia) – 9,077 points
2. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 7,115
3. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – 5,320
4. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) – 4,748
5. Garbine Muguruza (Spain) – 4,425
6. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – 4,096
7. Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 4,005
8. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) – 3,500
9. Belinda bencic (Switzerland) – 3,365
10. Naomi Osaka (Japan) – 3,326

Belarus’ Ilya Ivashka goes 43rd with 1,330 points in the ATP rankings, Egor Gerasimov is 109th with 724 points.

ATP Top Ten:

1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 11,430
2. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – 9,630
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) – 7,995
4. Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 6,930
5. Rafael Nadal (Spain) – 5,635
6. Andrei Rublev (Russia) – 5,560
7. Matteo Berrettini (Italy) – 4,858
8. Dominic Thiem (Austria) – 3,815
9. Casper Ruud (Norway) – 3,615
10. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) – 3,378.
This week Aryna Sabalenka, Ilya Ivashka and Egor Gerasimov are set to take part in the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.