WTA’s Big Three are set to be separated as Kazakhstan’s Elena
Rybakina is likely to be overtaken next week.
The three players featuring Poland’s
Iga Swiatek, Belarus’ Aryna
Sabalenka and Rybakina have ruled the world of women’s tennis in the last three
years, winning multiple Grand Slams in between.
However, the 24-year-old is set to depart from the club as
she is set to be demoted to fourth place in the latest WTA rankings.
She is likely to be taken over by America’s Jessica Pegula
who will have more rating points after he success in the ongoing Citi DC Open.
Rybakina has only won one Grand Slam in her career which was
back in 2022 where she defeated Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in the final with a score
of 3–6, 6–2, 6–2.
Since then, the current world number three has found it hard
to replicate her success in other major events.
Her best outing this year was in the Australian Open where
she lost the final of the competition to world number two Sabalenka with a
score of 4–6, 6–3, 6–4.