Halep remains on top

Madrid, May 14: With 7,270 points, Romania’s Simona Halep stayed atop the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday, ahead of Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki and Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain. Despite her loss at the Madrid Open semi-finals, Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova went ahead of Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko into fifth.

Petra Kvitova climbed two places to eighth following the Czech’s 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3 victory over Netherland’s Kiki Bertens at the Madrid Open on Saturday.

Further down the rankings, Spain’s Carla Suarez jumped to the 23rd place after she reached the quarter-finals at the Madrid Open. IANS