{"id":282423,"date":"2023-01-30T12:53:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/30\/aryna-sabalenka-closes-in-on-iga-swiatek-in-wta-rankings-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:53:08","slug":"aryna-sabalenka-closes-in-on-iga-swiatek-in-wta-rankings-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/30\/aryna-sabalenka-closes-in-on-iga-swiatek-in-wta-rankings-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka closes in on Iga Swiatek in WTA rankings | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-97449119,imgsize-56548.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>PARIS: Australian Open champion <!-- -->Aryna Sabalenka<!-- --> climbed to second in the new <!-- -->WTA rankings<!-- --> released on Monday after claiming her first Grand Slam title as Poland&#8217;s <!-- -->Iga Swiatek<!-- --> retained top spot.<br \/>The Belarusian advanced three places to reach her highest ranking since August 2021 at the expense of Tunisia&#8217;s <!-- -->Ons Jabeur<!-- --> who slips to third.<br \/>Jessica Pegula of the United States fell one place to fourth and France&#8217;s Caroline Garcia dropped to fifth.<br \/>Elena Rybakina, who lost out to <!-- -->Sabalenka<!-- --> over three sets in Saturday&#8217;s final in Melbourne, climbed 15 places to a career-best ranking of 10th.<br \/>The Kazakh received no rankings points for winning Wimbledon last year following the All England Club&#8217;s decision to ban players from Russia and Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine.<br \/>Former world number one Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic returned to the top 20 as she leaped 11 places to 20th.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">WTA rankings (Players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries):<\/span><br \/><span class=\"strong\">1. 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