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.
Martic, Pera move up WTA rankings dominated by Swiatek
In a largely unchanged Top 10, American Jessica Pegula moved up one place to a career-high seven. Croat Petra Martic jumped 30 spots to 55 after winning her second title in Lausanne on Sunday with American Bernarda Pera moving up 49 places to break into the Top 100 at 81st after her first title win in Budapest. WTA rankings:1.
American Keys out of Wimbledon with abdominal injury
LONDON : Former Wimbledon quarter-finalist Madison Keys has withdrawn from the grasscourt Grand Slam due to an abdominal injury, the American 19th seed said on Saturday.
Gauff defeats former number one Pliskova to reach Berlin semi-finals
Berlin on Friday. The 18-year-old American, who reached her first Grand Slam final at the French Open earlier this month, sealed a 7-5, 6-4 win over fourth seed Pliskova.
Coco Gauff reaches first grass-court quarterfinal in Berlin
BERLIN, GAIBA: Coco Gauff reached her first grass-court quarterfinal by beating Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu 6-0, 6-4 Thursday at the Berlin Open.
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Marin Cilic fights through as Iga Swiatek marches on – day 11 at the French Open
Marin Cilic reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros for the first time at the age of 33 after the Croatian beat seventh seed Andrey Rublev.