Badosa approaches the top and Swiatek consolidates on the throne

April 25 will be a date that Paula Badosa will never forget. This Monday the 24-year-old Spanish tennis player officially appears in the second position of the WTA rankingthe highest position in the ranking in his career, after a year in which he has broken down barriers in the ranking until he is one step away from the top.

Badosa, who consolidated this second position on Friday virtually after beating Ons Jabeur in the quarterfinals of the Stuttgart tournament, This Sunday he was already celebrating this second position in the ranking with 5,045 points before facing another of the outstanding events of the women’s calendar on clay, the Mutua Madrid Open (May 1-8).

Badosa herself celebrated this milestone on her social networks with this message: “A Monday has never felt so good. Happy for the path traveled and overcome. It has cost a lot but in the end, it was all worth it. Grateful to be living my dream. Postscript: I don’t usually give rankings but this one made me especially excited”accompanied by the hashtags #FelizMonday and #2delmundo.

Ahead of Badosa, who is two points ahead of the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (third with 5,043), there is only one Iga Swiatek who is proving intractable. The Pole has come to the throne to stay after the withdrawal of Ashleigh Barty and strengthens her lead in the standings with 7,181 points after winning his fourth title of the season at the Stuttgart tournament.

Badosa’s rise to number 2 is the big news of the week in a Top-10 ranking in which Aryna Sabalenka, Maria Sakkari, Anett Kontaveit, Karolina Pliskova, Danielle Collins and the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza also resist.who is ninth with 3,070 points before returning to compete on the gravel tour and who has a 55-point advantage over Tunisian Ons Jabeur, who closes the Top-10 with 3,015 points.

Badosa and Muguruza are not the only Spanish tennis players to appear this week in the Top-100 of the WTA ranking since Sara Sorribes remains in 47th place with 1,140 points and Nuria Párrizas moves up two positions to 52nd place with 1,075 points.

WTA Ranking as of April 25, 2022

1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 7.181

2. Paula Badosa (ESP) 5,045

3. Barbora Krejcikova (RCH) 5,043

4. Aryna Sabalenka 4.711

5. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4.651

6. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 4,511

7. Karolina Pliskova (RCH) 4,207

8. Danielle Collins (USA) 3.151

9. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 3,070

10. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3,015

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11. Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2.797

47. Sara Sorribes (ESP) 1,140

52. Nuria Parrizas (ESP) 1,075