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Tennis: Swiatek dominates WTA rankings as Kontaviet drops out of 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 during play against Camila Osorio of Colombia during their second round singles match at the 2023 Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 18 January 2023. James Ross, EPA-EFE." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/tvpatrol/02/14/iga-swiatek.jpg"/><figcaption>Iga Swiatek of Poland reacts during play against Camila Osorio of Colombia during their second round singles match at the 2023 Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 18 January 2023. James Ross, EPA-EFE.</figcaption></figure></div>PARIS, France -- Poland&#x27;s Iga Swiatek continued to dominate the WTA rankings on Monday, with the only notable change the exit of Estonia&#x27;s Annett Kontaveit from the Top 20. A distant second behind Swiatek, was the Belarussian Aryna Sabalenka, who won the Australian Open. Tunisian Ons Jabeur remained third.Kontaveit, who won the St. Petersburg tournament a year ago but lost in the round of 16 in Abu Dhabi last week, dropped nine spots to 27th. Swiss Belinda Bencic, who saved three match points as she won the final in Abu Dhabi held on to ninth, while the loser Liudmila Samsonova jumped four places to 15th. 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) 36168. Daria Kasatkina 34259. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 327510. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 286011. Veronika Kudermetova 274012. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2285 13. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 222714. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2210 15. Liudmila Samsonova 2209 16. Simona Halep (ROM) 2141 17. Victoria Azarenka 213818. Ekaterina Alexandrova 200519. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 1910 20. Paula Badosa (ESP) 1862 <div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Poland's Iga Swiatek continued to dominate the WTA rankings on Monday, with the only notable change the exit of Annett Kontaveit from the Top 20. 