Sabalenka continues to lead WTA Race despite Jabeur defeat at Wimbledon, Vondrousova up 23 spots to fifth
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The Race to the WTA Finals has been confirmed with Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek who are virtually qualified already leading proceedings after Wimbledon still.
Sabalenka had the disappointment of losing in the semi-finals to Ons Jabeur in back-to-back Grand Slam semi-final losses but all points count and she sits on 6455 ahead of Iga Swiatek on 5685.
Elena Rybakina rounds out the top three and is also virtually qualified. She sits ahead of Jessica Pegula with the main race surrounding spots 5-8.
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Marketa Vondrousova after winning Wimbledon sits in fifth with 2936 points. She was up an astonishing 23 spots.
While Ons Jabeur after reaching the final sits sixth also up a huge amount with 11 spots since her Wimbledon run. But behind them include a chasing pack all also on 2000+ points.
These feature Petra Kvitova (2355), Karolina Muchova (2150) and Coco Gauff (2115) as well as Belinda Bencic (2040). The top eight qualify meaning that Muchova is the last player in a spot currently.
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2023 WTA Finals Race as of 17-7-2023
1 SABALENKA, ARYNA 6,455
2 SWIATEK, IGA POL 5,685
3 RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 4,891
4 PEGULA, JESSICA USA 2,975
5 VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA CZE 2,936
6 JABEUR, ONS TUN 2,781
7 KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 2,355
8 MUCHOVA, KAROLINA CZE 2,150
9 GAUFF, COCO USA 2,115
10 BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 2,040
11 KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA CZE 1,991
12 HADDAD MAIA, BEATRIZ BRA 1,982
13 OSTAPENKO, JELENA LAT 1,916
14 KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA 1,858
15 KEYS, MADISON USA 1,796
16 KASATKINA, DARIA 1,649
17 VEKIC, DONNA CRO 1,645
18 GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 1,631
19 SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 1,622
20 ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA 1,533
21 AZARENKA, VICTORIA 1,527
22 SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 1,512
23 LINETTE, MAGDA POL 1,472
24 POTAPOVA, ANASTASIA 1,431
25 KALININA, ANHELINA UKR 1,228

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