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Tennis: Indian Wells winner Rybakina climbs to career-high ranking

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan with the championship trophy after her match against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus following the women" s="" finals="" of="" the="" BNP="" Paribas="" open="" tennis="" tournament="" at="" Indian="" Wells="" Tennis="" Garden="" in="" March="" Ray="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/03/20/032123_tennis_elena-rybakina_epa.jpg"/><figcaption>Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan with the championship trophy after her match against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus following the women&#x27;s finals of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, USA, March 19, 2023. Ray Acevedo, EPA-EFE.</figcaption></figure></div>PARIS, France -- Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina moved up three places to a career-high ranking of seventh on Monday after winning the prestigious Indian Wells title.The Kazakh star beat Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka in Sunday&#x27;s final to avenge her defeat by the Belarusian earlier this year in the Melbourne showpiece.She would be higher in the standings if Wimbledon had not been stripped of its ranking points last year for banning Russian and Belarusian players.Iga Swiatek retains a commanding lead as world number one, despite failing to win a second straight Indian Wells title after a semi-final loss to Rybakina.<div>WTA top 20</div>1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 9,975 pts2. Aryna Sabalenka 6,7403. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5,6054. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4,990 (+1)5. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 4,976 (-1)6. Coco Gauff (USA) 4,4017. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 3,720 (+3)8. Daria Kasatkina 3,3759. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3,36010. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3,191 (-3)11. Veronika Kudermetova 2,47012. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2,377 (+3)13. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 2,324 (+3)14. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2,276 (-1)15. Liudmila Samsonova 2,191 (-3)16. Victoria Azarenka 2,182 (-2)17. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 2,15518. Ekaterina Alexandrova 2,00519. Magda Linette (POL) 1,770 (+2)20. Donna Vekic (CRO) 1,662 (+3)© Agence France-Presse

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina moved up three places to a career-high ranking of seventh on Monday after winning the Indian Wells title.