WTA Race Update: Swiatek emerges at No. 1 ahead of Barty and Sakkari

After two strong weeks of WTA tennis we have a new leader of the WTA Race as Swiatek emerged at the top with an additional 1000 points.

Iga Swiatek won the Indian Wells trophy and that earned her an additional 1000 points. With those points she emerged on top of the race rankings firmly ahead of Barty who is number two. Another solid run pushed Maria Sakkari to number 3 overall ahead of Anett Kontaveit who is number 4. Madison Keys is currently number 5 with Collins at 6.

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Paula Badosa lost some points after failing to defend her tropyh from last year nd she is ranked 7th. Jelena Ostapenko is not far behind at number 8 with Simona Halep moving to number 9 after a strong run last week. The top 10 is rounded out by Barbora Krejcikova who was not in action last week and won't play in Miami this week eiter. Check out the top 30 below.

WTA Race (Top 30):

1 Iga Świątek 2930

2 Ashleigh Barty 2470

3 Maria Sakkari 1610

4 Anett Kontaveit 1385

5 Madison Keys 1317

6 Danielle Collins 1311

7 Paula Badosa 1217

8 Jeļena Ostapenko 1156

9 Simona Halep 1106

10 Barbora Krejčíková 895

11 Veronika Kudermetova 842

12 Elena Rybakina 711

13 Sorana Cîrstea 626

14 Amanda Anisimova 626

15 Jessica Pegula 612

16 Daria Kasatkina 606

17 Elise Mertens 576

18 Kaia Kanepi 535

19 Alizé Cornet 514

20 Aryna Sabalenka 507

21 Markéta Vondroušová 501

22 Marie Bouzková 487

23 Victoria Azarenka 476

24 Leylah Fernandez 475

25 Shuai Zhang 464

26 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 443

27 Cori Gauff 441

28 Garbiñe Muguruza 435

29 Ons Jabeur 410

30 Petra Kvitová 356