“It may not have been the most beautiful match in the history of tennis due to numerous mistakes on both sides, but you have to remember that tennis players competed on the court for over three hours in murderous heat. In Melbourne the temperature on Wednesday is 37 degrees Celsius” -. Iga Świątek lost 4: 6, 0: 1 at one point, but after a three-hour battle she managed to eliminate the Estonian, winning 4: 6, 7: 6 (2), 6: 3.
“Kanepi was playing great. It seemed like a lot of the balls would be out and they would hit the court. I know I should have run to them, but I didn’t expect them to come in.”
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Iga Świątek advances in the WTA ranking. Getting closer to the top three
Before the start of the Australian Open, Iga Świątek was ninth. After winning over (5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 3), the Polish woman was sure of advancing to the seventh place in the ranking. Another victory allowed her to move further in the ranking of the best tennis players in the world. Iga Świątek has 4457 points on her account and advanced to the fourth position in the WTA ranking with 4456 points, thus ahead of Paula Badosa i.
Thus, she equaled her best result – the Polish woman was promoted to fourth place on September 27 last year after reaching the semi-finals in the WTA tournament in Ostrava. A tennis player from Raszyn can advance to third position and overtake only if she wins the Australian Open, probably in the final with. Then the Polish woman will have 5676 points and before the next tournaments she will lose only 22 points to the second place in the ranking.
Current WTA Ranking:
- Ashleigh Barty * – 6761 pts
- Aryna Sabalenka – 5698
- Barbora Krejcikova – 5533
- Iga Świątek * – 4456
- Karolina Pliskova – 4452
- Paula Badosa Gibert – 4429
- Garbiñe Muguruza – 4196
- Maria Sakkari – 4071
- Anett Kontaveit – 3871
- Ons Jabeur – 3125
Source: Sport
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