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ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina continues to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings, holding a lead of more than 1,600 points over her closest rival, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, while Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva has climbed 13 places to 66th, according to the latest rankings.
Rybakina. Photo credit: KTF.
Rybakina has 9,196 points, ahead of Sabalenka with 7,550. Russia’s Mirra Andreeva ranks third with 6,306 points. Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff round out the top five with 6,235 and 5,974 points, respectively.
Putintseva now holds 969 points after improving her position by 13 places. At the recent WTA 1000 tournament in Wuhan, China, she advanced through the first round before losing to Russia’s Diana Shnaider in the second round.
Several other Kazakh players feature in the WTA singles rankings. Sonya Zhiyenbayeva is ranked 381st, followed by Zhibek Kulambayeva at 479th. Aruzhan Sagandykova holds 678th place, while Asylzhan Arystanbekova ranks 692nd and Ekaterina Dmitrichenko is 884th.
Kazakhstan also has a representative in the top 10 of the WTA doubles rankings. Anna Danilina has retained seventh place with 6,135 points. The doubles ranking is led by Czech player Katerina Siniakova with 11,260 points. American Taylor Townsend ranks second with 9,415 points, followed by Brazil’s Luisa Stefani with 9,220.
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