Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic poses with the Butch Buchholz Trophy after defeating Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan throughout the Ladies’s Closing of the Miami Open at Onerous Rock Stadium on April 01, 2023 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Matthew Stockman/Getty Pictures/AFP
Former world No. 2 Petra Kvitova climbed again into the highest 10 within the WTA rankings on Monday after profitable in Miami, whereas Iga Swiatek continued to dominate an unchanged high three.
Kvitova, a 33-year-old Czech, received Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014 however has by no means reached the highest spot within the rating, peaking at quantity two in 2015 and 2019.
She climbed two spots to No. 10 along with her first victory in Miami.
The shedding finalist, Elena Rybakina, the reigning Wimbledon champion who represents Kazakhstan, had received in Indian Wells in March to climb to seventh and remained in that spot.
FILE PHOTO; Tennis – WTA 500 – Ostrava Open – CEZ Area, Ostrava, Czech Republic – October 9, 2022 Poland’s Iga Swiatek reacts throughout the singles last towards Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova REUTERS/David W Cerny
Swiatek, a Pole, was injured and unable to defend her Miami title, however nonetheless leads the rankings by greater than 2,000 factors from Aryna Sabalenka with American Jessica Pegula a distant third.
Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia retained the fourth place with Tunisian Ons Jabeur fifth.
Italian Martina Trevisan, a quarterfinalist in Miami, entered the highest 20 for the primary time.
Sorana Cirstea, a 32-year-old Romanian who reached the final eight in Indian Wells and the final 4 in Miami, jumped 33 spots to No. 41.
WTA rankings as of April 3
1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 8,975 pts
2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 6,945
3. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5,605
4. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4,990
5. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 4,866
6. Cori Gauff (USA) 4,346
7. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 4,305
8. Daria Kasatkina 3,375
9. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3,191 (+1)
10. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3,162 (+2)
11. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3,035
12. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 2,443 (+1)
13. Veronika Kudermetova 2,360 (-2)
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2,276
15. Liudmila Samsonova 2,246
16. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 2,210 (+1)
17. Ekaterina Alexandrova 2,185 (+1)
18. Victoria Azarenka 2,182 (-2)
19. Magda Linette (POL) 1,855
20. Martina Trevisan (ITA) 1,778 (+4)
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