Posted by Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday May 6, 2024
Iga Swiatek he opens a gap between himself and the rest of the field in the WTA ranking table. The four-time major champion, who entered his 102nd week at the top of the rankings, is now 3412 points behind No. 2. Aryna Sabalenka in the measurements.
The Pole defeated Sabalenka in a three-set final in Madrid on Saturday, claiming her 20th title and improving to 71-10 in her career on clay.
There was very little movement among the Top 10 in this week's WTA rankings. Marketa Vondrousova (+1 to No.6), Zheng Qinwen (+1 to No.7) and Maria Sakkari (-2 to No.8) are the only movers.
🩶🩷@iga_swiatek | @WTA | #MMOPEN pic.twitter.com/jtYHwM7U8Y
— #MMOPEN (@MutuaMadridOpen) May 5, 2024
Kostyuk's Top 20
Marta Kostyukamid a strong season that included finals in San Diego and Stuttgart and an overall record of 19-8, she makes her first Top 20 (+1) this week, the first in WTA ranking history for both. Ukrainian women are in the Top 20 at the same time. Elina Svitolina currently ranked 19th.
🔥For the first time in history, two Ukrainian tennis players entered the top 20 of the WTA ranking at the same time.
🇺🇦Elina Svitolina is ranked 19th, and 🇺🇦Marta Kostyuk, who set her own record, is ranked 20th. pic.twitter.com/CyDO5LMDH1
— Ukrainian Tennis • BTU (@ukrtennis_eng) May 6, 2024
Kostyuk is 8th in the race for the WTA Finals.
American Madison Keys jumped four places to No.16 after reaching the semi-finals in Madrid.
Keys is the fourth-ranked American, which puts him in a position to qualify for the Olympics for Team USA (depending on the rankings after Roland-Garros).
The two women who reached the quarterfinals in Madrid last week are also getting older: the 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva jumped three spots to make the Top 40 for the first time at No.40, while Yulia Putintsevathis week's biggest rise within the Top 50, jumping nine places to No.41 after reaching the quarterfinals in Madrid.
Another impressive move was Maria Lourdes Carle from Argentina. He jumped 11 spots to a career-high No. 72 after winning back-to-back tour-level matches for the first time in Madrid.
Carle made his Top 100 debut in March and won the ITF title just before Madrid.
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