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Iga Swiatek was confirmed as the new WTA number one in the rankings released Monday, replacing the retired Ashleigh Barty. The 20-year-old celebrated her new status in style on Sunday, winning the Miami Open with a straight-sets victory over four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka. Swiatek's victory made her only the fourth women's player in history to win the Indian Wells and Miami tournaments back-to-back.
Poland's Iga Swiatek was confirmed as the new WTA number one in the rankings released on Monday, replacing the retired Ashleigh Barty.
The Miami Open is now heading into it’s fourth round ties in the women’s tournament, but a lot of top seeds have already fallen by the way side and have failed to progress into the latter stages of the competition.
Maria Sakkari suffered a shock round-two defeat as Beatriz Haddad Maia stunned the number four seed at the Miami Open. The 26-year-old Greek, who was a finalist at Indian Wells last week, was out of sorts throughout a 4-6 6-1 6-2 defeat to the Brazilian. Ad/> Sakkari had risen to a career-high of world number three as a result of reaching the biggest final of her career in the desert, but she looks set to relinquish that spot almost immediately following this early exit in Florida.
Ashleigh Barty said on Thursday that she will remove herself from the WTA rankings after announcing her retirement, opening the door for Poland's Iga Swiatek to become world number one.
Ashleigh Barty said Thursday that she will remove herself from the WTA rankings after announcing her retirement, opening the door for Poland's Iga Swiatek to become world number one. The three-time Grand Slam-winning Australian has held top spot for more than two years but stunned the sports world on Wednesday by quitting at just 25. The 20-year-old Swiatek is a massive 2,204 ranking points behind Barty, but there will be a new number one on Monday when the new list comes out and the second-placed Pole is in prime position.
World number two Iga Swiatek was shocked to learn she could receive an automatic move to the top of the rankings after three-times Grand Slam winner Ash Barty made the sudden decision to retire.
Daniil Medvedev will try to reclaim the world number one ranking and top seed Aryna Sabalenka chases her first final in 10 months at the ATP and WTA Miami Open.