Sabalenka completes 2021 year 2nd in WTA
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus has
rounded off 2021 in the second position in the year-end WTA rankings, BelTA has
learned.
The Belarusian goes in the second
place with 6,380 points. This season Aryna Sabalenka won two WTA tournaments,
celebrating victories in 45 matches and losing 18. The Belarusian has so far
won ten titles. Former world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus completes
the year 27th with 2,166 points. Aleksandra Sasnovich goes 107th with 755
points, Olga Govortsova – 139th with 564 points, Yuliya
Hatouka – 190th with
361 points.
WTA Top Ten:
1. Ashleigh Barty (Australia) – 7,582
points
2. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 6,380
3. Garbine Muguruza (Spain) – 5,685
4. Karolina Pliskova (Czech
Republic) – 5,135
5. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech
Republic) – 5,008
6. Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 4,385
7. Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) – 4,351
8. Paula Badosa (Spain) – 3,849
9. Iga Swiatek (Poland) – 3,786
10. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) – 3,455
Belarus' Ilya Ivashka goes 48th with
1,194 points in the ATP rankings, Egor Gerasimov is 113th with 665 points.
ATP Top Ten
1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 11,540
2. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – 8,640
3. Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 7,840
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) – 6,540
5. Andrei Rublev (Russia) – 5,150
6. Rafael Nadal (Spain) – 4,875
7. Matteo Berrettini (Italy) – 4,568
8. Casper Ruud (Norway) – 4,160
9. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) – 3,706
10. Jannik Sinner (Italy) – 3,350
The first Grand Slam tournament of
the new season, the Australian Open, will take place on the Melbourne Park open
hard courts on 17-30 January 2022. Prior to that, the world's top tennis
players will play several tournaments in different Australian cities in early
January.