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Patna : Ashleigh Barty (10,090 points), Australia, Naomi Osaka (7,650 points), Japan, and Simona Halep (6,520 points), Romania, remain World No 1, 2 & 3 respectively in the WTA Rankings released on May 10, 2021, but Aryna Sabalenka, 23, Belarus, has jumped 3 places to be ranked World No 4 with 6,195 points after winning the Mutua Madrid Open women’s singles title at Madrid, Spain, last week. Sabalenka had defeated Barty in final to win the Madrid Open title.
Sofia Kenin, 22, USA, has slipped 1 position and is ranked World No 5 with 5,905 points. Elina Svitolina, 26, Ukraine, too has slipped 1 place and is ranked World No 6 with 5,835 points while Bianca Andreescu, 20, Canada, too has slipped 1 position to be ranked World No 7 with 5,265 points. Serena Williams, 39, USA, remains World No 8 with 4,850 points.
Kiki Bertens, 29, Netherlands, has slipped 7 places and is ranked World No 17 with 3,470 points. But, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 29, Russia, has jumped 11 places to be ranked World No 30 with 2,070 points after reaching semi-finals at Madrid Open last week. Paula Badosa, 23, Spain, has jumped 20 places and is ranked World No 42 with 1,626 points after reaching semi-finals at Madrid Open last week.
Ankita Raina, 28, India, has slipped 4 places and is ranked World No 182 with 395 points. Riya Bhatia, 23, India, has slipped 3 position to be ranked World No 354 with 147 points. Zeel Desai, 2, India, has slipped 2 places and is ranked World No 573 with 66 points.