The Women`s Tennis Association (WTA) has updated its WTA Champion Race rankings following last week`s tournaments. Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus continues to lead the race. Madison Keys from the USA, the Australian Open champion, is in second place, and Russian player Mirra Andreeva holds the third position.
Notably, another Russian player, Ekaterina Alexandrova, has climbed from 12th to eighth place in the WTA Champion Race this week. This improvement is due to her reaching the semi-finals of the WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart, Germany. In the semi-final match, Alexandrova was defeated by Jelena Ostapenko, who went on to win the tournament.
WTA Champion Race Rankings as of April 21st:
1 (1). Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 3905 points.
2 (2). Madison Keys (USA) – 3069.
3 (3). Mirra Andreeva (Russia) – 2625.
4 (4). Iga Swiatek (Poland) – 2423.
5 (5). Jessica Pegula (USA) – 2418.
6 (6). Amanda Anisimova (USA) – 1460.
7 (8). Emma Navarro (USA) – 1412.
8 (12). Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) – 1381.
9 (7). Clara Tauson (Denmark) – 1366.
10 (9). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 1320…
21 (21). Diana Shnaider (Russia) – 789.
26 (32). Anastasia Potapova (Russia) – 658.
30 (28). Liudmila Samsonova (Russia) – 623.
31 (30). Polina Kudermetova (Russia) – 618.
33 (35). Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) – 595.
38 (38). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) – 511.
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