The women’s tennis Association introduced an updated version of its rating.
The main event of the week was the first for 186 weeks, a change of leader – Serena Williams after losing in the semifinals of the US Open championship said goodbye to a status of the first racket of the world. The new benchmark became, Angelique Kerber, in addition to which among active players world
the classification was headed by the Williams sisters, Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Caroline Wozniacki and Martina Hingis.
Elina Svitolina, reaching the US Open before the third round, remained in the top 20. Serious progress was made Lesya Tsurenko, who managed to break into the fourth round of the American major – from Kiev rose to 19 lines and escaped relegation and the first hundred.
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The WTA rankings.September 12, 2016:
1 (2). Angelique Kerber (Germany) – 8730 points
2 (1). Serena Williams (United States) – 7050
3 (3). Garbine Muguruza (Spain) — 5830
4 (4). Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) – 5815
5 (5). Simona Halep (Romania) – 4801
6 (11). Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – 4425
7 (6). Venus Williams (USA) – 4815
8 (12). Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spain) – 3330
9 (9). Madison keys (USA) – 3286
10 (10). Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) – 3250
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20 (19). Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – 2101
57 (59). Ekaterina Bondarenko (Ukraine) – 1000
80 (99). Lesya Tsurenko (Ukraine) – 834
97 (93). Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) – 667
