Swiatek dominates WTA rankings in spite of Warsaw defeat
French Open champion Iga Swiatek remained firmly at the head of the WTA rankings released on Monday, in spite of her shock exit in her home Poland Open last week.
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French Open champion Swiatek dominates WTA rankings despite Warsaw defeat
Swiatek had not lost on clay in over a year before going down 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 to the French player Caroline Garcia in the quarter-finals in Warsaw. The 21-year-old Pole, who has held the top spot since the surprise retirement of Australian Ashleigh Barty at the end of March, remains more than 4,000 points ahead of number two Anett Kontaveit. With no changes at all in the top 20, the biggest jump was by Garcia whose victory over Ana Bogdan in the final in Warsaw took her from 45th to number 32.
Sergiy Stakhovsky 'disappointed' by Russian players silent on war
Sergiy Stakhovsky on Saturday said he was "disappointed" by Russian tennis players who out of fear of retribution have not spoken out against their country's invasion of his homeland. "They are all scared for their fate. They don't want to go to jail...
Russian tennis star admits she may defect to avoid Wimbledon ban after coming out as gay
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Daria Kasatkina criticises Russian attitudes to homosexuality after coming out
Daria Kasatkina has become the latest prominent Russian sportswoman to come out as gay and criticised attitudes to homosexuality in her country.
Russian tennis star Daria Kasatkina comes out as gay as Moscow looks to further tighten LGBTQ laws
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Russian sport head voices support for Daria Kasatkina as tennis pro confirms she is gay
Russia's head of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports has spoken out in support of the country's top-ranked WTA tennis player after she came out as gay. Daria Kasatkina received backlash from two politicians for appearing in a YouTube video in which she confirmed she had a girlfriend, shared the difficulty of making it as a tennis player without changing citizenship, and condemned the war.