In the international championships in the USA, Iga Świątek reached the quarterfinals, where she was stopped by Jessica Pegula. The Polish tennis player achieved a better result than last year, when she was eliminated in the fourth round in New York. Our representative improved her score by 190 points and has a total of 10,885.
Świątek began her 120th week as the leader of the WTA rankings on Monday. The distance to her was reduced by Aryna Sabalenka , who became the winner of the US Open 2024 Grand Slam. The Belarusian strengthened her position in second place. She is exactly 2169 points behind the Pole.
There was a change on the lowest step of the podium. Jessica Pegula , who lost to Sabalenka in Saturday’s final, moved up to third place in the WTA rankings. Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina retained fourth place , and Italian Jasmine Paolini fifth . Coco Gauff dropped from third to sixth position. The Olympic champion from Paris, China’s Qinwen Zheng , remained seventh.
Emma Navarro advanced to the top 10 for the first time in her career . The American moved up from 12th to eighth place on Monday. Czech Barbora Krejcikova fell to ninth place, and Greek Maria Sakkari to tenth . Latvian Jelena Ostapenko dropped out of the top 10. Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and Spaniard Paula Badosa returned to the second 10. Tunisian Ons Jabeur and American Madison Keys found themselves outside the top 20 .
The second player from the White and Reds, Magda Linette , did not win a match in the main draw of the US Open 2024. Despite this, the Poznań player advanced from 42nd to 41st place. Magdalena Fręch , on the other hand, retained 43rd place . The Łódź player also started in New York without success, being eliminated in the first round.
Maja Chwalińska moved from 172nd to 174th position. Katarzyna Kawa, in turn , closes the second hundred of the WTA ranking. Both tennis players did not qualify for the US Open 2024. Gina Feistel moved up to 311th place. Martyna Kubka (WTA 338) and Urszula Radwańska (WTA 402) dropped out. Daria Kuczer (WTA 476) made her debut in the Top 500. Weronika Falkowska (WTA 542) dropped out of this group .
There was a change in the leader of the doubles ranking. The Czech Katerina Siniakova returned to first place , overtaking New Zealander Erin Routliffe . The Ukrainian Lyudmila Kichenok and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, who triumphed at the 2024 US Open , advanced to the Top 10. The best of the Polish players, Magda Linette, dropped to 56th place. Katarzyna Piter advanced to 79th position, and Katarzyna Kawa fell to 98th place.
