Spain s Muguruza tops WTA rankings

Madrid Sep 11 (IANS) Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza led the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday while Czech Republic s Karolina Pliskova dropped three positions to hold the fourth place.

Simona Halep of Romania came in second followed by Ukraine s Elina Svitolina reports Efe.

United States Venus Williams jumped four places to occupy the fifth position ahead of sixth placed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.

Slovakia s Dominika Cibulkova climbed to ninth spot while Latvia s Jelena Ostapenko grabbed the 10th position.

The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:

1. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 6 030 points

2. Simona Halep (Romania) 5 965

3. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 640

4. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 5 520

5. Venus Williams (United States) 4 756

6. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 4 640

7. Johanna Konta (Britain) 4 520

8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 4 410

9. Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 3 770

10. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 3 502.

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