London, England) – Champion of the WTA 1000 in Madrid last Saturday, saving three match-points in the final, Iga Swiatek further increased the gap to Aryna Sabalenka in the dispute for the top of the rankings. Now, the number 1 in the world has a 3,412 point advantage over the second place. The Polish player has 10,910 points compared to her rival’s 7,498.
The top two in the ranking had also played in last year’s final in Madrid, but with Sabalenka winning. The rematch obtained by Swiatek allowed his advantage, which was 2,712 points in the previous ranking list, to increase by another 700 points.
Third place is North American Coco Gauff, with 7,313 points. She will compete for second place with Sabalenka in the coming weeks in Rome. Both defend few points, as Gauff fell in the third round last year, while Sabalenka was eliminated in her debut. Kazakh Elena Rybakina, with 6,673 points, is the current champion and defends a thousand points.
Few changes in the top 10 and top 20
The top 10 had few changes. Czech Marketa Vondrousova and Chinese Qinwen Zheng took sixth and seventh positions. Both overtook the Greek Maria Sakkari, who fell to eighth place. Already in the top 15, both Italian Jasmine Paolini and number 1 in Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia they overtook the Czech Karolina Muchova, who is injured, and gained one position each. They are numbers 12 and 13 in the ranking.
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Semi-finalist in Madrid, American Madison Keys gained four positions and took 16th place. Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova lost two positions and fell to 18th place. Also noteworthy is the 21-year-old Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, who debuts in the top 20 and is one position below her compatriot Elina Svitolina.
