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5 Aug 2024

WTA rankings: Sasnovich back to Top 100, Sabalenka remains 3rd

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

MINSK, 5 August (BelTA) – Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich returned back to Top 100 in the recently published WTA rankings, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian went up three spots to the 98^th.

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus remained 3^rd after reaching the semifinal in Washington. Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka, who lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinal, goes 19^th. This week the two leading Belarusian tennis players will compete in the Canadian Open. Victoria Azarenka will open her run in Montreal against Russia’s world number 29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Aryna Sabalenka will kick off her campaign in the second round.

WTA Top Ten:

1. Iga Swiatek (Poland) – 11,005 points;
2. Coco Gauff (USA) – 7,703;
3. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 7,256;
4. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 6,376;
5. Jasmine Paolini (Italy) – 5,373;
6. Jessica Pegula (USA) – 4,515;
7. Qinwen Zheng (China) – 4,025;
8. Danielle Collins (USA) – 3,702;
9. Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 3,621;
10. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) – 3,573.

Jannik Sinner of Italy tops the ATP rankings, with Olympic champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the second position. Third is Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz. Egor Gerasimov of Belarus is 258^th.

ATP Top Ten:

1. Jannik Sinner (Italy) – 9,570;
2. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 8,460;
3. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) – 8,130;
4. Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 6,845;
5. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – 6,525;
6. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) – 4,105;
7. Alex de Minaur (Australia) – 4,080;
8. Andrey Rublev (Russia) – 3,975;
9. Casper Ruud (Norway) – 3,880;
10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) – 3,600.