“Sabalenka Leads WTA Race After Madrid Triumph – Swiatek Chasing Rybakina”

In the most important WTA tournament last week in Madrid, Aryna Sabalenka (WTA 2nd) turned out to be the best, defeating Iga Świątek 6:3, 3:6, 6:3 in the final. The Belarusian is the leader of the WTA Race classification for the current season and has increased her lead over the rest of the field.

Sabalenka escapes the pack. Swiatek is chasing Rybakina

Among other things, thanks to the victories in the Australian Open and the prestigious event in Madrid, the Belarusian has scored 4,840 points and is nearly 1,600 ahead of Elena Rybakina (6th WTA), second in this classification. In the capital of Spain, Kazaszka lost in the second round to Anna Kalinska (57th WTA).

Iga Świątek consolidated her position behind the winner and finalist of the Australian Open. Unfortunately, the Polish woman lost to Sabalence in the event in Madrid, but she collected a lot of points. In total, he already has 2940 of them on his account. He is a little over 300 behind Rybakina, and over the fourth Jessica Pegula (3rd WTA) he has an advantage of over 600 points.

These four players are definitely ahead of the rest in the WTA rankings. The biggest jump was made by Maria Sakkari, a semi-finalist from Madrid, who jumped to ninth place. Just behind the top ten is Magda Linette. The Polish woman lost one place, but she can still dream of playing in the WTA Finals. The event will take place at the end of October in Shenzhen, China. For the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The tournament for the best players of the season will be played by the first eight from the WTA Race classification, which have accumulated the most points. A lot can happen in the ranking at the turn of May and June, when the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, Roland Garros, will be played. For an event of this rank, the winner receives two thousand points, which will definitely improve the rating of such a competitor in this rating. Let’s hope that, like in the previous year, Iga Świątek will win the title.

However, before the event in Paris, the tennis players will compete in Rome during the WTA Masters 1000. The tournament starts on Wednesday. There, the title will also be defended by a Polish woman.

Ranking WTA Race:

1. Aryna Sabalenka 4840

2. Elena Rybakina 2940

3. Iga Swiatek 2940

4. Jessica Pegula 2315

5. Belinda Bencic 1790

6. Barbora Krejcikova 1676

7. Peter Kvitova 1635

8. Coco Gauff 1380

9. Maria Sakkari 1332

10 Victoria Azarenka 1191

11. Magda Linette 1187

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69. Magdalena Frech 270

220. Catherine Coffee 13