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23 May 2022

WTA rankings: Sabalenka, Azarenka remain intact, Sasnovich two spots down

MINSK, 23 May (BelTA) – Ahead of the Roland Garros start Belarusian best tennis player Aryna Sabalenka remains 7th in the WTA rankings, BelTA has learned.

Aryna Sabalenka currently holds 3,966 points. The Belarusian is set to open the tournament in France against France’s world number 101 Chloe Paquet. Former world number one Victoria Azarenka, currently ranked 15th (2,440 points), will face world number 93 Ana Bogdan of Romania. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (world number 47 with 1,183 points) defeated China’s Wang Xinyu (77), 6-4, 6-1, in the opener.

WTA Top Ten:

1. Iga Swiatek (Poland) – 7,061
2. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) – 4,911
3. Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 4,726
4. Paula Badosa (Spain) – 4,545
5. Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) – 4,446
6. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) – 4,380
7. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 3,966
8. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – 3,678
9. Danielle Collins (USA) – 3,315
10. Garbine Muguruza (Spain) – 3,060

Belarus’ Ilya Ivashka goes 50th with 1,010 points in the ATP rankings, Egor Gerasimov is 145th with 429 points. In the French Open round one Ilya Ivashka will take on world number 78 Benoit Paire of France.

ATP Top Ten

1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 8,660
2. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – 7,980
3. Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 7,075
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) – 5,965
5. Rafael Nadal (Spain) – 5,525
6. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) – 4,648
7. Andrei Rublev (Russia) – 3,945
8. Casper Ruud (Norway) – 3,940
9. Felix Auger Aliassime (Canada) – 3,