MADRID, 9 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa has officially dropped this Monday to number three in the WTA ranking, surpassed by the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, after saying goodbye early to the Mutua Madrid Open, while Garbiñe Muguruza remains in the ‘Top 10’ and Sara Sorribes hit a jump of ten positions.
The Catalan, who held second place in the standings only behind the Polish Iga Swiatek, could not beat the Romanian Simona Halep (6-3, 6-1) in her second match in the Madrid tournament, losing 325 points that They now leave with 4,720, after Swiatek (7,061) and the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (5,011), who moves up one position.
In addition, the fall of four positions of the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka allows the Greek Maria Sakkari (4), the Estonian Anett Kontaveit (5) and the Czech Karolina Pliskova (6), to move up one place, with the great irruption of the Tunisian Ons Jabeur at number seven, after moving up three positions, after winning the Mutua Madrid Open.
The rise of the Madrid champion also affected Garbiñe Muguruza, who fell in the second round at the Caja Mágica against the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina and dropped from ninth to tenth place.
Meanwhile, Sara Sorribes from Castellón rises ten positions to number 37 after reaching the quarterfinals of the Spanish competition, where she was eliminated by the eventual runner-up Jessica Pegula. Granada-born Nuria Párrizas, for her part, improves one position to 51.