Wozniacki stays on top of WTA rankings

Madrid Feb 19 (IANS) Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark maintained the top spot for the fourth consecutive week in the Women s Tennis Association rankings released on Monday 45 points ahead of Romania s former World No. 1 Simona Halep.

Despite losing on Sunday to the Czech Republic s Petra Kvitova in the Qatar Open final Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain climbed one place to no.3 at the expense of Ukraine s Elina Svitolina who dropped to the fourth spot after also losing to Kvitova in the Qatar Open round of 16 reports Efe.

Kvitova s victory at Qatar means that she climbs 11 places to break into the top 10.

The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:

1. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 8 010 points

2. Simona Halep (Romania) 7 965

3. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 6 175

4. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 910

5. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 5 080

6. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 5 000

7. Caroline Garcia (France) 4 625

8. Venus Williams (USA) 4 277

9. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 3 220

10. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 3 086.

--IANS
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