Halep remains on top of world tennis rankings

Madrid April 16 (IANS) Romania s Simona Halep continues to lead the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday with 8 140 points followed by Denmark s Caroline Wozniacki (6 790 points).

There were no changes in this week s top 10 as Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza came in third ahead of fourth-placed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and fifth-placed Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia reports Efe.

Further down the rankings Slovakia s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova rocketed 48 places up to the 84th spot after she won Claro Open 6-2 6-4 over Spain s Lara Arruabarrena on Sunday in Bogota.

The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:

1. Simona Halep (Romania) 8 140
2. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6 790
3. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 6 065
4. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 630
5. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 5 307
6. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4 730
7. Caroline Garcia (France) 4 615
8. Venus Williams (US) 4 276
9. Sloane Stephens (US) 3 938
10. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 3 271.

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