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Tennis: Swiatek dominates unchanged WTA top 20

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Iga Swiatek of Poland reacts following her loss to Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan during her 4th round match during the 2023 Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 22 January 2023. Joel Carrett, EPA-EFE." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/02/07/tennis_iga-swiatek_epa.jpg"/><figcaption>Iga Swiatek of Poland reacts following her loss to Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan during her 4th round match during the 2023 Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 22 January 2023. Joel Carrett, EPA-EFE.</figcaption></figure></div> PARIS, France -- Iga Swiatek continued to dominate the WTA rankings on Monday, still over 4,000 points clear of Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka in an unchanged top 20.Swiatek, who has been No1 since April 4 last year, has not competed since losing to 10th-ranked Elena Rybakina in the last 16 of the Australian Open. The 21-year-old Pole is due on court again in Qatar next week. Caroline Garcia missed the chance to leapfrog Jessica Pegula into fourth spot when she lost to Alycia Parks in the final in Lyon on Sunday. The American Parks is the one of two notable rises in the top 100, climbing 28 places to 51st. The other is Chinese player Zhu Lin, whose victory in the final in Thailand lifts her 13 places to 41st. WTA rankings (players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries):1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 10485 pts2. Aryna Sabalenka 61003. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 52104. Jessica Pegula (USA) 50005. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 47956. Coco Gauff (USA) 39927. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 38118. Daria Kasatkina 33809. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 290510. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 281511. Veronika Kudermetova 274012. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 234013. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 228114. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 219515. Simona Halep (ROM) 214116. Victoria Azarenka 213817. Ekaterina Alexandrova 203018. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 190919. Liudmila Samsonova 190520. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 1880<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Iga Swiatek continued to dominate the WTA rankings on Monday, still over 4,000 points clear of Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka.