Iga ¦wiątek has been the leader of the WTA ranking since April 4, 2022. The Polish woman climbed to the top after Ashleigh Barty’s surprising decision to end her sports career. Since then, the 21-year-old does not give her rival any chance to catch up and confidently stays at the top of the classification. .
Świątek is the leader of the WTA ranking throughout the year. That’s for sure
Next week, ¦wiątek will be defending points for his victory in the WTA 500 tournament in Doha. Sabalenka unexpectedly withdrew from the competition. The absence of the winner of the 2020 event is very good news for the 21-year-old. As a result, one of the most dangerous rivals fell out of her, which will allow the Polish woman to keep the lead in the WTA ranking at least until April 4. This means that Swiatek will be at the top of the world list for the whole year, which has only been achieved by eight tennis players in history.
Previously, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graff, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Serena Williams, Justine Henin and Ashleigh Barty enjoyed a 12-month reign in the WTA rankings.
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Christmas is going to be a very intense time in the near future. In Doha, she will defend the points for the victory, and in the later tournament in Dubai (February 19-25) she will fight to improve the result from last season, when she was eliminated in the second round. She will then have to defend points from triumphs in Indian Wells (March 8-19), Miami (March 21-April 2) and Stuttgart (April 17-23). Later, she will start in Madrid (April 25-May 6), where she did not play last year. Before the Grand Slam French Open (May 28-June 11), the Polish woman will play in Rome (May 8-21) and will defend the title in both tournaments.
Source: Sport.PL
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