(4th WTA) is doing very well in the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells. She has already defeated three rivals: Anhelina Kalinina (Ukraine, 50th WTA), Clara Tauson (Denmark, 40th WTA) and Angelique Kerber (Germany, 16th WTA) and advanced to the quarterfinals of the event.
Świątek as the leader of the WTA Race ranking?
For the Polish tennis player it is another good performance in a prestigious tournament this year. The Polish woman was also in the quarter-finals and won the event in Ducha. Such results meant that Iga ¦wi ± tek is currently the runner-up in the WTA Race ranking. She gained 2,135 points. The third in this classification – Estonian Anett Kontaveit is ahead by as much as 760 points.
Iga ¦wi ± tek loses 335 points to the leading Australian. If a Polish woman won the Indian Wells event, she would have 2920 points. The Polish woman will become the leader of the WTA Race ranking also when she advances to the finals.
Let us remind you that Iga Świątek may also soon advance to the second place in the WTA Live ranking.
The Polish woman will take on the American Madison Keys (29th WTA) in the quarter-finals of the tournament from Wednesday to Thursday. The meeting starts at 2. Broadcast of the meeting on Canal + Sport.
Current WTA Race Ranking:
- Ashleigh Barty (Australia) – 2470
- Iga Świątek – 2135,
- Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) – 1375
- Madison Keys (USA) – 1307
- Danielle Collins (USA) – 1301
- Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 1165
- Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) – 1146,
- Paula Badosa (Spain) – 1032
- Simona Halep (Romania) – 921
- Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) – 895.
Source: Sport
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