Athletistic / Tennis. The press service of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has updated the ranking of the strongest female tennis players on the planet. There was no change in the top 10.

The leader of the ranking remains the Polish Iga Swiatek. She is followed by Belarusian Arina Sabalenka, who recently won the Australian Open, and American Cori Gauff is in third place. There are four Russians in the top 20, and the best of them is Daria Kasatkina (14th racket in the world). Right behind her were Lyudmila Samsonova (15th) and Veronika Kudermetova (16th).

Ekaterina Alexandrova returned to the top 20 of the WTA rankings. Last week she reached the final of the WTA-500 tournament in Linz (Austria) and is now 19th in the rankings.

The Russian Diana Schneider, winner of the tournament in Hua Hin (Thailand), moved from 108th to 73rd place.

WTA ranking as of February 5, 2024:

1. Iga Swiatek (Poland) – 9770 points;

2. Arina Sabalenko (Belarus) – 8905;

3. Corey Gauff (United States) – 7200…

14. Daria Kasatkina (Russia) – 2838;

15. Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia) – 2700;

16. Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) – 2495…

19. Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) – 2410…

27. Anastasia Potapova (Russia) – 1682…

34. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) – 1432;

35. Mirra Andreeva (Russia) – 1408…

40. Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) – 1314.


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