Aryna Sabalenka‘s victory over world number one Ashleigh Barty in the Madrid Open final at the weekend saw the Belarusian climb three places to fourth in the new WTA rankings released on Monday. It was Sabalenka’s tenth profession title however her first on clay and, three weeks earlier than the French Open, underlined the 23-year-old’s enchancment on the floor. Sabalenka was crushed by Barty in the ultimate in Stuttgart final month however exacted revenge on the Caja Magica, a storming 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 victory clinching the largest title of her profession. “Something modified in my thoughts this yr,” said Sabalenka after the final. “I’m not really scared of this surface any more.”
Petra Kvitova, who reached the quarter-finals in Madrid, strikes up two locations to 10 whereas Spaniard Paula Badosa’s journey to the semi-finals noticed her climb 20 locations to quantity 42.
WTA rankings as of May 10:
1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 10,090 pts
2. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 7,650
3. Simona Halep (ROM) 6,520
4. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 6,195 (+3)
5. Sofia Kenin (USA) 5,905 (-1)
6. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 5,835 (-1)
7. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 5,265 (-1)
8. Serena Williams (USA) 4,850
9. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 4,660
10. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 4,160 (+2)
11. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 4,140
12. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 4,110 (+1)
13. Jennifer Brady (USA) 3,830 (+1)
14. Elise Mertens (BEL) 3,685 (+2)
15. Iga Swiatek (POL) 3,555 (+2)
16. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 3,526 (-1)
17. Kiki Bertens (NED) 3,470 (-7)
18. Johanna Konta (GBR) 3,236
19. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3,130
20. Karolina Muchova (CZE) 2,816
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42. Paula Badosa (ESP) 1,626 (+20)
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