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Tennis: Osaka drops out of top five in WTA rankings

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Naomi Osaka of Japan in action against Leylah Fernandez of Canada in a third round match on day five of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. File photo. Jerry Lai, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/09/20/tennis_naomi-osaka.jpg"/><figcaption>Naomi Osaka of Japan in action against Leylah Fernandez of Canada in a third round match on day five of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. File photo. Jerry Lai, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>PARIS, France -- Naomi Osaka slipped out of the top five in the WTA rankings on Monday while Simona Halep, another former world number one, continued her slide by also dropping three places.Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka fell from fifth to eighth as Halep, who married boyfriend Toni Iuruc last week in a civil ceremony in her hometown of Constanta, tumbled down to 14th.Ashleigh Barty remains top and French Open winner Barbora Krejcikova climbed to a career high of fifth.Danish teenager Clara Tauson rose 18 places to 52nd after capturing her second title of the year in Luxembourg.Italy&#x27;s Jasmine Paolini jumped from 87th to 64th following her first WTA title at Portoroz, Slovenia.WTA rankings as of September 20:1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 10075 pts2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 77203. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 53154. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 48605. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 4668 (+2)6. Iga Swiatek (POL) 4571 (+2)7. Sofia Kenin (USA) 4413 (-1)8. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 4326 (-3)9. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 413510. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 406011. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3820 (+1)12. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3750 (+1)13. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 3285 (+1)14. Simona Halep (ROM) 3152 (-3)15. Angelique Kerber (GER) 311516. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 3068 (+1)17. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 2975 (+1)18. Elise Mertens (BEL) 2890 (-2)19. Coco Gauff (USA) 281520. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 2777Selected:52. Clara Tauson (DEN) 1300 (+18)64. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 1075 (+23)<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Naomi Osaka slipped out of the top five in the WTA rankings on Monday while Simona Halep continued her slide by also dropping three places.