Iga Swiatek keeps world No.1 spot after Qatar victory

The French and US Open champion, Swiatek, 21, dropped just five games all week on her way to a second straight Doha title on Saturday by beating Jessica Pegula.Aryna Sabalenka is second and American Pegula moves up to third in the standings despite defeat to Swiatek with Tunisian Ons Jabeur dropping to fourth.Jabeur has been sidelined through injury since January and will miss this week's Dubai WTA event.

The remaining top 10 are featuring in the United Arab Emirates.Rankings (players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries):1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 10900 pts2. Aryna Sabalenka 61003. Jessica Pegula (USA) 52504. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 51115. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 48356. Cori Gauff (USA) 40917. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 38008. Daria Kasatkina 34259. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 331510. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 286011. Veronika Kudermetova 262012. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 228513. Liudmila Samsonova 219714. Victoria Azarenka 219215. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 218216. Ekaterina Alexandrova 203017. Simona Halep (ROM) 195618. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 191019. Paula Badosa (ESP) 186220. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 1795