China's Wang jumps into WTA top 50

04 Mar, 2019

PARIS: With the top women missing the only tournament of the week, China's Wang Yafan seized the chance to snatch her first WTA win and leap into the top 50 in the rankings.

The Chinese player beat American Sofia Kenin in the final in Acapulco on Saturday and on Monday climbed 16 places to 49th. Kenin rose two spots to 33.

Sloane Stephens, the only Top 20 player in action in Mexico, lost in the second round. That did not alter her fourth place in an unchanged Top 20, with Naomi Osaka still comfortably at number one.

 

WTA top 20

  1. Naomi Osaka (JPN)           6,871 pts
  2. Simona Halep (ROU)          5,727
  3. Petra Kvitova (CZE)         5,605
  4. Sloane Stephens (USA)       5,277
  5. Karolína Pliskova (CZE)     5,145
  6. Elina Svitolina (UKR)       4,900
  7. Kiki Bertens (NED)          4,885
  8. Angelique Kerber (GER)      4,880
  9. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)       3,565
  10. Serena Williams (USA)      3,406
  11. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 3,325
  12. Ashleigh Barty (AUS)       3,285
  13. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)   3,117
  14. Darya Kasatkina (RUS)      2,985
  15. Julia Goerges (GER)        2,780
  16. Elise Mertens (BEL)        2,745
  17. Madison Keys (USA)         2,726
  18. Qiang Wang (CHN)           2,607
  19. Caroline Garcia (FRA)      2,460
  20. Garbine Muguruza (ESP)     2,430

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  1. Sofia Kenin (USA)          1,564  (+2)
  2. Wang Yafan (CHN)           1,142 (+16)

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2019
 

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