The Women`s Tennis Association (WTA) has updated the WTA Race to Championships rankings following last week`s tournaments. Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka remains the leader, American Madison Keys, who won the Australian Open, is second, and Russian Mirra Andreeva closes out the top three.
It is worth noting that another Russian player, Ekaterina Alexandrova, rose from 12th to eighth position in the WTA Race to Championships thanks to reaching the semi-finals of the WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart, Germany. In the semi-finals, Ekaterina lost to the eventual champion, Jeļena Ostapenko.
Tennis. WTA Race to Championships as of April 21:
1 (1). Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 3905 points.
2 (2). Madison Keys (USA) – 3069.
3 (3). Mirra Andreeva (Russia) – 2625.
4 (4). Iga Świątek (Poland) – 2423.
5 (5). Jessica Pegula (USA) – 2418.
6 (6). Amanda Anisimova (USA) – 1460.
7 (8). Emma Navarro (USA) – 1412.
8 (12). Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) – 1381.
9 (7). Clara Tauson (Denmark) – 1366.
10 (9). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 1320…
21 (21). Diana Shnaider (Russia) – 789.
26 (32). Anastasia Potapova (Russia) – 658.
30 (28). Liudmila Samsonova (Russia) – 623.
31 (30). Polina Kudermetova (Russia) – 618.
33 (35). Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) – 595.
38 (38). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) – 511.
Rupert Hartwell 
Adrian Whitmore