Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka secured a third title of the season at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz over doubles partner Elise Mertens to get back to the WTA Top Ten, BelTA has learned.
Before the tournament in Austria Aryna Sabalenka was 11th to go up one spot with the total of 4,220 points after the victory. Victoria Azarenka remained 13th with 3,426 points. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, who reached the quarterfinal in Linz, goes 90th with 833 points. Olga Govortsova is 133rd with 570 points.
WTA Top Ten:
1. Ashleigh Barty (Australia) – 8,717 points
2. Simona Halep (Romania) – 7,255
3. Naomi Osaka (Japan) – 5,780
4. Sofia Kenin (United States) – 5,760
5. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – 5,260
6. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – 5,205
7. Bianca Andreescu (Canada) – 4,555
8. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) – 4,516
9. Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) – 4,505
10. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 4,220
Egor Gerasimov is 81st (820 points) in the ATP rankings. Ilya Ivashka goes 115th with 601 points.
ATP Top Ten:
1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 11,830
2. Rafael Nadal (Spain) – 9,850
3. Dominic Thiem (Austria) – 9,125
4. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – 6,970
5. Roger Federer (Switzerland) – 6,630
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) – 5,925
7. Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 5,525
8. Andrei Rublev (Russia) – 3,919
9. Diego Schwartzman (Argentine) – 3,455
10. Matteo Berrettini (Italy) – 3,075.
