Wozniacki grips top spot in women s tennis rankings

Madrid Feb 12 (IANS) Denmark s Caroline Wozniacki continued to maintain a firm grip on her place as the world s top-ranked player in the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday.

She was nearly 350 points ahead of Romania s Simona Halep. Wozniacki ousted Halep as world No. 1 last month after winning the Australian Open title reports Efe.

In an unchanged top 10 this week Spain s Garbiñe Muguruza came in fourth ahead of the Czech Republic s Karolina Pliskova.

The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:

1. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 7 965 points
2. Simona Halep (Romania) 7 616
3. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 835
4. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 5 690
5. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 5 445
6. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 5 000
7. Caroline Garcia (France) 4 495
8. Venus Williams (United States) 4 277
9. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 3 031
10. Julia Goerges (Germany) 2 900

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