Rankings Report: Garcia Hits Career-High, Two Singapore Spots Still Open
What a final! @CaroGarcia is the @WuhanOpenTennis champion after a 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-2 triumph over Barty! pic.twitter.com/YZnxX7arz9
— WTA (@WTA) September 30, 2017
Also rising in the WTA rankings this week is Barty. The Aussie reached the Wuhan final last week and climbs to a career-high No.23.Greece’s Maria Sakkari is the biggest riser in the Top 100 this week. The 22-year-old climbed 33 spots to No.50 (career-high and of course Top 50 debut) on the strength of a semifinal run at Wuhan.Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko also hits a career-high at No.8 in the World after a run to the Wuhan semifinals. Ostapenko moves to seven in the RTS standings and could qualify with a win over Sam Stosur on Tuesday in Beijing.Russia’s Vera Zvonareva made a big surge from outside the Top 300 to inside the Top 200 with a semifinal at Tashkent. The two-time former Grand Slam finalist has won nine of ten matches, reaching the final at Dalian and then the semifinals (after qualifying) at Taskhent to rise 110 spots to No.198 in the world.Johanna Konta enters the week in the driver’s seat for the final Singapore spot, but the British No.1 may not clinch because she fell in first-round action on Monday to Monica Niculescu of Romania. Unless Garcia, Vandeweghe or Stephens wins the title at Beijing, Konta will hold the eighth place next week. ]]>
