Following her impressive title run at the 2023 Cincinnati Open, Coco Gauff has seen her position rise on the ranking table in the WTA Race to Shenzhen.

The American pulled off a dominant win over Karolina Muchova to lift the biggest title of her career. Furthermore, the victory saw her leapfrog Ons Jabeur and Marketa Vondrousova to rise to fifth place in the singles race to the WTA Finals.

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Muchova also experiences movement in the rankings

Cincinnati runner-up Muchova joined Gauff in climbing up the table, as the Czech star moved past Belinda Bencic and Petra Kvitova to sit at eighth place. The 27-year old has been having an excellent second half of the season, finishing runner-up at this year's Roland Garros and reaching a career-high of World No.10 following her run to the final at Cincinnati.

Russian Daria Kasatkina is also knocking on the door of the top 10, having moved up three spots to reach the 11th position on the rankings table in the Race to Shenzhen.

Race to WTA Finals - 21/08/2023

1 SABALENKA, ARYNA 6,910

2 SWIATEK, IGA POL 6,665

3 RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 5,346

4 PEGULA, JESSICA USA 4,165

5 GAUFF, COCO USA 3,675

6 VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA CZE 3,231

7 JABEUR, ONS TUN 2,971

8 MUCHOVA, KAROLINA CZE 2,870

9 KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 2,520

10 BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 2,331

11 KASATKINA, DARIA 2,055

12 HADDAD MAIA, BEATRIZ BRA 2,042

13 SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 2,032

14 KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA CZE 1,992

15 OSTAPENKO, JELENA LAT 1,976

16 KEYS, MADISON USA 1,957

17 KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA 1,858

18 SAMSONOVA, LIUDMILA 1,767

19 VEKIC, DONNA CRO 1,752

20 AZARENKA, VICTORIA 1,647

21 GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 1,631

22 SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 1,613

23 ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA 1,533

24 POTAPOVA, ANASTASIA 1,492

25 LINETTE, MAGDA POL 1,473