Madrid July 17 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza jumped to the fifth place in the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings released on Monday after she was crowned Wimbledon champion while Czech Karolina Pliskova took the top spot.
The 23-year-old Spaniard won 7-5 6-0 over United States Venus Williams in the women s singles final at Wimbledon in just an hour and 17 minutes on Saturday reports Efe.
"Muguruza claimed her second Grand Slam title with a memorable Wimbledon victory over Venus Williams making headlines across the world " the WTA said on its website.
Also second-placed Romanian Simona Halep was followed by German Angelique Kerber who used to lead the rankings with 5 975 points. Kerber was defeated 6-4 4-6 4-6 by Muguruza in Wimbledon s round of 16.
The current WTA rankings and points are as follows:
1. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 6 855 points
2. Simona Halep (Romania) 6 670
3. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 5 975
4. Johanna Konta (United Kingdom) 5 110
5. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 4 990
6. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 4.935
7. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 4 780
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 4 500
9. Venus Williams (United States) 4.461
10. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 3 985.
--IANS
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