Russian tennis player Veronika Kudermetova entered the top ten in the updated Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) championship race on May 22.
The Russian has moved from 13th to 8th position, with 1498 points to the credit this season. Last week, she reached the semi-finals of the Rome tournament, where she lost to Ukrainian Angelina Kalinina. Kalinina herself, thanks to her arrival in the final, moved from the 44th to the 16th line.
Belarus representative Arina Sobolenko continues to lead the race, she is chased by Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) and Iga Swiatek (Poland).
The top 20 also includes Russians Anastasia Potapova (17th) and Daria Kasatkina (20th).
May 22 WTA Championship Race:
eleven). Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) – 4,840
2(2). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 4,276
3(3). Iga Swiatek (Poland) – 3,145
4(4). Jessica Pegula (USA) – 2,315
5(5). Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) – 1,790
6(6). Barbora Kreychikova (Czech Republic) – 1,731
7(7). Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) – 1,635
8 (13). Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) — 1,498
9(8). Corey Gauff (USA) – 1,435
10 (15). Elena Ostapenko (Latvia) – 1,396 …
17(16). Anastasia Potapova – 1061 …
20 (19). Daria Kasatkina (both from Russia) – 973
Source : MatchTV
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