Aryna Sabalenka continues to distance herself from Iga Swiatek in the WTA rankigs.
Despite not playing over the past two weeks, Aryna Sabalenka extended her lead over Iga Swiatek for the top spot in the WTA rankings. The last time Sabalenka took the court, she defeated Qinwen Zheng in the Wuhan Open.
On the other hand, Iga Swiatek skipped the entire Asian swing of the WTA tour. Swiatek has not played since her early exit from the US Open at the hands of Jessica Pegula. She has since abruptly fired Tomasz Wiktorowski as her coach and and hired Naomi Osaka’s ex-coach Wim Fissette.
So far this season, Sabalenka has a record of 54-12 with four singles titles. Swiatek has a record of 54-7 with five singles titles.
So why the change at the top of the leaderboard? The points from the 2023 WTA Finals have dropped off the rankings this week. Sabalenka dropped from 9,706 points to 9,016.
Meanwhile, Swiatek plummeted from 9,665 points to 7,970. It is not an insurmountable deficit, but Swiatek has her work cut out for the next month.
