MINSK, 1 March (BelTA) – Belarusian tennis players have retained their positions in the latest WTA rankings, BelTA has learned.
Aryna Sabalenka goes 8th with 4,810 points. In the WTA doubles rankings Aryna Sabalenka paired with Belgium's Elise Mertens ranks first. Victoria Azarenka is 14th with 3,535 points, Aliaksandra Sasnovich - 96th with 838 points, Olga Govortsova - 138th with 572 points, Vera Lapko - 280th with 237 points. Two Belarusian tennis players will play in Doha, Qatar this week. Victoria Azarenka will open against Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, ranked 39 in the world. Aryna Sabalenka will kick off from the second round against either Spain's world number 16 Garbine Muguruza or Russia's world number 34 Veronika Kudermetova. In the Lyon Open Aliaksandra Sasnovich will play world number 143 Eugenie Bouchard of Canada in the round of Last 32 while Vera Lapko will take on Switzerland's world number 130 Viktorija Golubic.
WTA Top Ten:
1. Ashleigh Barty (Australia) – 9,186 points
2. Naomi Osaka (Japan) – 7,835
3. Simona Halep (Romania) – 7,255
4. Sofia Kenin (United States) – 5,760
5. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – 5,370
6. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – 5,205
7. Serena Williams (United States) – 4,915
8. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 4,810
9. Bianca Andreescu (Canada) – 4,735
10. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) – 4,571.
Egor Gerasimov went up seven spots to 76th with 936 points in the ATP rankings. Ilya Ivashka is 112th with 681 points, Uladzimir Ignatik is 338th with 132 points.
ATP Top Ten:
1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 12,030
2. Rafael Nadal (Spain) – 9,850
3. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – 9,735
4. Dominic Thiem (Austria) – 9,125
5. Roger Federer (Switzerland) – 6,630
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) – 6,595
7. Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 5,615
8. Andrei Rublev (Russia) – 4,609
9. Diego Schwartzman (Argentine) – 3,480
10. Matteo Berrettini (Italy) – 3,480.
