Madrid Sep 25 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza for the third straight week headed the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday.
The Spanish star topped the rankings despite having been eliminated from the Tokyo Open semi-finals after her defeat against Danish Caroline Wozniacki who claimed the title on Sunday reports Efe.
This week s standings witnessed no changes as Romanian Simona Halep came in second followed by Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.
Czech Karolina Pliskova held the fourth position ahead of fifth-placed American Venus Williams.
The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:
1.Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 6 115 points
2.Simona Halep (Romania) 5 965
3.Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 640
4.Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 5 520
5.Venus Williams (United States) 4 756
6.Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 4 640
7.Johanna Konta (Britain) 4 520
8.Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 4 410
9.Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 3 810
10.Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 3 781.
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