Mladenovic joins Top 10 WTA rankings

Madrid Oct 23 (IANS) Romanian Simona Halep maintained the top spot of the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday as Kristina Mladenovic of France joined the top-10 list.

The 26-year-old Romanian star was followed by Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza.

Czech Karolina Pliskova came in third ahead of fourth-placed Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.

France s Caroline Garcia and Briton Johanna Konta jumped one spot each to hold the eighth and ninth positions respectively.

Mladenovic jumped three positions to occupy the 10th spot while Russia s Svetlana Kuznetsova dropped enough to leave the Top 10 list.

The current WTA rankings and point scores are:

1. Simona Halep (Romania) 5 675 points

2. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 5 635

3. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 5 105

4. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 000

5. Venus Williams (US) 4 642

6. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 4 640

7. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 4 510

8. Caroline Garcia (France) 3 795

9. Johanna Konta (Britain) 3 610

10. Kristina Mladenovic (France) 2 885.

--IANS
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