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Miami Winner Stephens Breaks Into WTA Top 10

  American Sloane Stephens’ victory in Miami saw the 25-year-old break into the top 10 of the WTA rankings, to ninth, for the first time … Continue reading Miami Winner Stephens Breaks Into WTA Top 10

By Ignatius Igwe
Updated April 2, 2018
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Sloane Stephens of the United States (L) holds her winners trophy after her straight sets victory against Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the women’s final during the Miami Open Presented by Itau at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 31, 2018 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images/AFP CLIVE BRUNSKILL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
Sloane Stephens of the United States (L) holds her winner’s trophy after her straight sets victory against Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the women’s final during the Miami Open Presented by Itau at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 31, 2018, in Key Biscayne, Florida.                                             CLIVE BRUNSKILL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP

 

American Sloane Stephens’ victory in Miami saw the 25-year-old break into the top 10 of the WTA rankings, to ninth, for the first time in her career on Monday.

Romania’s Simona Halep (8,140 points) remains top of the pile with Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki trailing far behind in second (6,790).

Stephens’ move up three places to ninth pushed Petra Kvitova (10th), Angelique Kerber (11th) and Daria Kasatkina (12th) down one place respectively.

Jelena Ostapenko, the beaten finalist in Miami, retained her top five spots.

WTA rankings at April 2 (change in ranking in brackets):

1. Simona Halep (ROU) 8,140 pts

2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6,790

3. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 5,970

4. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 5,630

5. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 5,611

6. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 4,730

7. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4,625

8. Venus Williams (USA) 4,277

9. Sloane Stephens (USA) 3,938 (+3)

10. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3,271 (-1)

11. Angelique Kerber (GER) 3,150 (-1)

12. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 2,940 (-1)

13. Julia Görges (GER) 2,855

14. Madison Keys (USA) 2,538 (+1)

15. Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 2,488 (+1)

16. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 2,460 (+1)

17. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 2,350 (+1)

18. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 2,283 (+2)

19. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 2,280

20. Elise Mertens (BEL) 2,200 (+1)

AFP

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