Ukraine s Svitolina in women s top 10 tennis rankings

Madrid May 22 (IANS) Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina now ranks among the Women s Tennis Association top 10 list released Monday after her 4-6 7-5 and 6-1 win over Romanian Simona Halep in the Italian Open final while Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza rose to the fifth place.

Prior to securing the WTA s sixth spot after winning on Sunday her fourth title of the season 20-year-old Svitolina ranked 11th reports Efe.

German Angelique Kerber continues leading the rankings with 7 035 points followed by Serena Williams of the US who will not play again in 2017 because of her pregnancy.

The current WTA singles rankings and scores are:

1. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 7 035 points

2. Serena Williams (United States) 6 110

3. Karolina Pliskova (Czech) 6 100

4. Simona Halep (Romania) 5 790

5. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 4 636

6. Elina Svitolina (Uraine) 4 575

7. Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 4 480

8. Johanna Konta (Britain) 4 330

9. Svetlana Kuznetzova (Russia) 4 310

10. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 4 095.

--IANS
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