Halep remains on top of WTA rankings

Madrid May 14 (IANS) With 7 270 points Romania s Simona Halep stayed atop the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday ahead of Denmark s Caroline Wozniacki and Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain.
Despite her loss at the Madrid Open semi-finals Czech Republic s Karolina Pliskova went ahead of Latvia s Jelena Ostapenko into fifth reports Efe.
Petra Kvitova climbed two places to eighth following the Czech s 7-6 (6) 4-6 6-3 victory over Netherland s Kiki Bertens at the Madrid Open on Saturday.
Further down the rankings Spain s Carla Suarez jumped to the 23rd place after she reached the quarter-finals at the Madrid Open.
The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:
1. Simona Halep (Romania) 7 270 Points
2. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6 845
3. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 6 175
4. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 505
5. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 5 425
6. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 5 282
7. Caroline Garcia (France) 5 080
8. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4 550
9. Venus Williams (USA) 4 286
10. Sloane Stephens (USA) 4 059.

--IANS kk/bg