Barty Remains Number One In WTA Rankings
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Ashleigh Barty hung on to top place in the WTA
rankings on Monday despite crashing out of Wimbledon in the last 16.
The French Open champion, who was hoping to become the first
Australian to win at the All England Club since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in
1980, lost in three sets to the American Alison Riske.
The top three of Barty, Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova
remains unchanged although none of them reached the quarter-finals.
Simona Halep, who demolished Serena Williams in
under an hour in Saturday’s final, moves up three places to number four.
Williams also moves up one place to nine.
Former world number one Angelique Kerber, who lost
to Lauren Davis in the second round at Wimbledon, drops out of the top 10 to
13.
WTA rankings as of July 15 (changes in brackets):
1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 6,605 pts
2. Naomi Osaka (JAP) 6,257
3. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 6,055
4. Simona Halep (ROU) 5,933 (+3)
5. Kiki Bertens (NED) 5,130 (-1)
6. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 4,785
7. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 4,638 (+1)
8. Sloane Stephens (USA) 3,802 (+1)
9. Serena Williams (USA) 3,411 (+1)
10. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 3,365 (+1)
11. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 3,356 (+1)
12. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 2,963 (+1)
13. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2,875 (-8)
14. Qiang Wang (CHN) 2,872 (+1)
15. Johanna Konta (GBR) 2,790 (+3)
16. Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 2,762 (-2)
17. Madison Keys (USA) 2,555 (-1)
18. Caroline Wozniacki (SUI) 2,478 (+1)
19. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 2,335 (+1)
20. Petra Martic (CRO) 2,335 (+4)
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