With Roland Garros underway, the second Grand Slam of the season, the Polish Iga Swiatek faces him as the owner of the top of women’s tennis, while the Spanish Paula Badosa gave up a step by falling to fourth place.
Swiatek, who rose to the top after Australian Ashley Barty retired in March, arrives in Paris with five titles in 2022 (Qatar, Indian Wells, Miami, Rome and Sttutgart) and a streak of 29 consecutive victories after the victory that He achieved this Monday against the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (N.119) 6-2 and 6-0 in his debut at Roland Garros-2022.
Since 2000, only Venus Williams (35), Serena Williams (34) and Justine Henin (32) have posted better streaks than the Pole’s 29 wins in a row.
In addition, Swiatek has only given up one set in her last 21 games (counting this Monday in Paris), which places her as the top contender to win Roland Garros, where she already won in 2020.
The Czech tennis player Barbora Krejcikova, second in the ranking and current champion of Roland Garros, was eliminated in the first round of the Paris tournament after losing this Monday against the French Diane Parry 1-6, 6-2 and 6-3 in two hours and 10 minutes of play.
Meanwhile, the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia climbed a step to climb to 48, while the Colombian Camila Osorio gave up 12 steps to 66.
– WTA Ranking as of Monday, May 23:
1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 7,061 pts
2. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 4.911
3. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4.726
4. Paula Badosa (ESP) 4,545
5. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 4,446
6. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 4,380
7. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 3,966
8. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 3.678
9. Danielle Collins (USA) 3.315
10. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 3,060
11. Jessica Pagula (USA) 2,955
12. Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2.910
13. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2,536
14. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 2,525
15. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2.440
16. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2.420
17. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2.354
18. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 2,245
19. Simona Halep (ROU) 2.126
20. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 2,115
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39. Sara Sorribes (ESP) 1,286
45. Nuria Parrizas (ESP) 1,190
48. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 1,158
66. Camila Osorio (COL) 986
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