This year's first Grand Slam tournament is behind us. In the Australian Open Iga ¦wi ± tek She did very well, leveling her best result in her career. Reached nipinein which, despite the match ball, she lost to Madison Keys. The American turned out to be the winner of the whole event. IN finale She defeated Aryna Sabalena, which means that the Belarusian did not defend the title and lost points in the ranking. However, this allowed her to keep the first position.
1390 to 10. Fatal news for Christmas in the fight against Sabalena
In the latest listing Aryna Sabalenka It has 8956 points – 186 more from the second Iga Świątek. It would seem that such a small difference heralds an interesting fight in the next tournaments for the position of the leader of the WTA ranking, but nothing more wrong. In February, the women's struggles will come to the Middle East, where the WTA 500 tournament in Abu Dhabi and two “Tysięczniki” in Dosze and Dubai will take place.
Twelve months ago, Aryna Sabalenka did not appear in Abu Dhabi or Dosze, and in Dubai she lost her first match, so she has only 10 points to defense – nothing. In turn, Iga Świątek presented herself very well a year ago, but as a consequence, she has definitely more points to defend. The Polish woman won the WTA 1000 tournament in Dosze and scored 390 points for reaching the semi -final in Dubai. This means that Aryna Sabalenka's overtaking during these events is not very real.
Number of defense points in upcoming tournaments in the Middle East:
- 1. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 10
- 2. Iga Świątek (Poland) – 1390
- 3. COCO GAUFF (United States) – 225
- 4. Jasmine Paolini (Italy) – 1011
- 5. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 1365
- 6. Jessica Pegula (United States) – 0
- 7. Madison Keys (United States) – 0
- 8. Zheng Qinwen (China) – 335
- 9. Emma Navarro (United States) – 185
- 10. Paula Bados (Spain) – 95