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Tennis: Cincinnati champion Garcia returns to WTA top 20

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Caroline Garcia of France in action during the women" s="" singles="" final="" match="" against="" Ana="" Bogdan="" of="" Romania="" at="" the="" WTA="" BNP="" Paribas="" Poland="" open="" tennis="" tournament="" in="" July="" Leszek="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/08/23/20220823-tennis_caroline-garcia_epa.jpg"/><figcaption>Caroline Garcia of France in action during the women&#x27;s singles final match against Ana Bogdan of Romania at the WTA BNP Paribas Poland Open tennis tournament in Warsaw, Poland, 31 July 2022. Leszek Szymanski, EPA-EFE.</figcaption></figure></div>PARIS, France -- Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia returned to the top 20 in the WTA rankings on Monday after beating Petra Kvitova to win the Cincinnati title at the weekend.The 28-year-old, who had slipped to 79th in the standings in May, is back in the top 20 for the first time since March 2019.Garcia beat Kvitova 6-2, 6-4 in Sunday&#x27;s final to win her first WTA 1000 title since 2017.Iga Swiatek retained her commanding lead as world number one despite losing to Madison Keys in the Cincinnati last 16.WTA top 20:1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 8,605 pts2. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 4,580 3. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4,1904. Paula Badosa (ESP) 3,9805. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3,9206. Aryna Sabalenka 3,470 (+1)7. Simona Halep (ROM) 3,255 (-1)8. Jessica Pegula (USA) 3,2019. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 2,88610. Daria Kasatkina 2,79511. Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2,756 (+2)12. Coco Gauff (USA) 2,68713. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 2,635 (-2)14. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 2,54015. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2,317 (+1)16. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2,316 (-1)17. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 2,220 (+18)18. Veronika Kudermetova 2,206 (+2)19. Danielle Collins (USA) 2,167 (-1)20. Madison Keys (USA) 2,128 (+4)<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Caroline Garcia returned to the top 20 in the WTA rankings on Monday after beating Petra Kvitova to win the Cincinnati title at the weekend.