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20 May 2024

WTA rankings: Sabalenka 2nd, Azarenka, Sasnovich move up

MINSK, 20 May (BelTA) – Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus goes second in the recently published WTA rankings, BelTA has learned.

Following the final in the Italian Open, Aryna Sabalenka keeps 8,138 points. The winner of the Rome final, Iga Swiatek of Poland, is 3,557 points ahead of the Belarusian. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, who reached the Italian Open quarterfinal, moved from 24^th to 21^st spot. Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus is 104^th.

WTA Top Ten:

1. Iga Swiatek (Poland) – 11,695 points;
2. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 8,138;
3. Coco Gauff (USA) – 7,638;
4. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 5,673;
5. Jessica Pegula (USA) – 4,550;
6. Marketa Vondrousova (Czechia) – 4,035;
7. Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 3,980;
8. Qinwen Zheng (China) – 3,945;
9. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) – 3,748;
10. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) – 3,318.

Alexander Zverev of Germany won the Italian Open event and rose to the 4^th position in the ATP rankings. Novak Djokovic of Serbia still tops the ATP rankings. Belarus’ Egor Gerasimov goes 275^th.

ATP Top Ten:

1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 9,860;
2. Jannik Sinner (Italy) – 8,770;
3. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) – 7,300;
4. Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 6,345;
5. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – 6,295;
6. Andrey Rublev (Russia) – 4,700;
7. Casper Ruud (Norway) – 4,185;
8. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) – 3,700;
9. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) – 3,730;
10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) – 3,615.