WTA Rankings: Osaka top 3 again, Barty extends leadership
Naomi Osaka is again among the top three players in the world in the current WTA world rankings. In addition, the Japanese qualified for the WTA final in Shenzhen.
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Oct 07, 2019, 05:15 pm
She would have shown what she was up to. Naomi Osaka made the following statement after her final victory at the WTA Premier 5 tournament in Beijing against Ashleigh Barty. The reward for the hard work? In the current WTA world ranking, Osaka is again among the top three players, behind the now clearly leading Barty and Karolina Pliskova. And Naomi Osaka will also be there for the season finale in Shenzhen. However, that was already clear after moving into the endgame.
Meanwhile, Bianca Andreescu, whose winning streak Osaka had ended in the quarter-finals, moved up to fifth place, resumed her career high. The Canadian is already qualified for Shenzhen.
From a German perspective, Angelique Kerber was able to maintain her 13th place, Julia Görges, who was inferior in Beijing like Kerber Polona Hercog, remains number 27.
In the Porsche Race to Shenzhen, defending champion Elina Svitolina has given herself some air, the Ukrainian is the seventh to lead the list of players who are not yet there (Petra Kvitova is already sixth in the annual ranking). Kiki Bertens and Belinda Bencic will try to get crucial points for their participation in the big season finale at the WTA tournament in Linz this week.