Madrid, Aug 27: Romanias Simona Halep continued to lead the Womens Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday with 8,061 points, followed by Denmarks Caroline Wozniacki.
United States Sloane Stephens remained in her third spot in this weeks unchanged top 10, followed by Germanys Angelique Kerber and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, respectively, reports Efe.
Further down the rankings, Belarus Aryna Sabalenka climbed five positions up to the 20th after she won the Connecticut Open final 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday over Carla Suarez of Spain, who jumped six positions to the 24th.
The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:
1. Simona Halep (Romania) 8,061 points
2. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 5,975
3. Sloane Stephens (USA) 5,482
4. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 5,305
5. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4,885
6. Caroline Garcia (France) 4,725
7. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 4,555
8. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4,105
9. Julia Goerges (Germany) 3,900
10. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 3,787
