Tennis: Poland’s Linette climbs to career-best world No. 19

Poland’s Magda Linette has moved up two spots to a career-high No. 19 in the latest rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

Magda Linette

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The 30-year-old Pole is also number 10 on the leaderboard for the season-ending eight-player WTA Finals event, which is scheduled to take place in Shenzhen, China in late October.

Meanwhile, Poland's Iga Świątek remains world No. 1, with 9,975 points, ahead of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, with 6,740 points, and American Jessica Pegula, with 5,605.

Iga Świątek nadal prowadzi w rankingu WTA, a Magda Linette osiągnęła najwyższą pozycję w karierze. https://t.co/3WtFgLILDe

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) March 20, 2023

Świątek, who has topped the world rankings since April last year, on Saturday failed to defend her Indian Wells title, after losing 2-6 2-6 to Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina in the semifinals.

Another straight sets win over the World No.1 in 2023 👏

Elena Rybakina drops 4 games to Swiatek, knocking out the defending champion!#TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/53AtdT6Mdd

— wta (@WTA) March 18, 2023

She may be leaving #TennisParadise but @iga_swiatek still has time to make a fan's day 💜 pic.twitter.com/sBKucaJmQG

— wta (@WTA) March 18, 2023

Rybakina, who went on to win the Indian Wells, moved up from 10th to seventh place in the new WTA rankings, which were released on Monday.

RYBAKINA'S REVENGE 💪

Elena Rybakina picks up her first career WTA 1000 title with a 7-6(11), 6-4 victory over Sabalenka in Indian Wells!#TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/Q50lJnK7YD

— wta (@WTA) March 19, 2023

Poland's Magdalena Fręch moved up one notch to 105th place.

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Source: IAR, PAP