Halep remains on top of WTA rankings

Madrid Aug 6 (IANS) Romania s Simona Halep continued to lead the Women s Tennis Association rankings released on Monday with 7 511 points followed by Denmark s Caroline Wozniacki.
Sloane Stephens of the United States came third followed by Germany s Angelique Kerber and Ukraine s Elina Svitolina respectively reports Efe.
Spain s Garbiñe Muguruza remained in her seventh spot ahead of Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.
Further down the rankings Romania s Mihaela Buzarnescu broke into the top 20 after she won her first WTA title at San Jose over Greece s Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-0.
Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia also rocketed 41 spots to the 87th when she claimed Washington Open title after defeating Croatia s Donna Vekic 4-6 7-6 (7) 6-2.
The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:
1. Simona Halep (Romania) 7 511 points
2. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6 660
3. Sloane Stephens (USA) 5 492
4. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 5 305
5. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 020
6. Caroline Garcia (France) 4 680
7. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 4 535
8. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4 505
9. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4 485
10. Julia Goerges (Germany) 3 900

--IANS gau/sed