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22 Sep 2020

Sabalenka, Azarenka keep their positions in WTA, Sasnovich goes down one spot

Aryna Sabalenka. Photo courtesy of Xinhua-BelTA

MINSK, 22 September (BelTA) – Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka remained 12th in the recently published WTA rankings, BelTA has learned.

Aryna Sabalenka did not play next week and still holds 3,615 points. On 21 September she made a good start at France’s Strasbourg, seeing off Australian qualifier Ellen Perez (World No.239) 6-4, 6-3. Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka also kept her position intact after reaching the quarterfinal at the Rome 2020. She holds 3,122 points and 14th position. Aliaksandra Sasnovich went down one spot to 96th with 738 points. Olga Govorstova goes 126th with 570 points. Vera Lapko is 291st with 207 points.

WTA Top Ten:

1. Ashleigh Barty (Australia) – 8,717 points
2. Simona Halep (Romania) – 7,255
3. Naomi Osaka (Japan) – 5,780
4. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – 5,205
5. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – 4,740
6. Sofia Kenin (United States) – 4,700
7. Bianca Andreescu (Canada) – 4,555
8. Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) – 4,335
9. Serena Williams (United States) – 4,080
10. Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) – 4,010

Egor Gerasimov goes 83rd with 750 points in the ATP rankings. Ilya Ivashka is 136th with 425 points.

ATP Top Ten:

1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 11,260
2. Rafael Nadal (Spain) – 9,850
3. Dominic Thiem (Austria) – 9,125
4. Roger Federer (Switzerland) – 6,630
5. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – 5,890
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) – 5,175
7. Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 4,650
8. Matteo Berrettini (Italy) – 3,030
9. Gael Monfils (France) – 2,860
10. Denis Shapovalov (Canada) – 2,660.

Next week the world’s best players will compete in the French Open 2020.