Barty and Djokovic stay Number 1 rating; Collins into most sensible 10
Newly topped Australian Open girls’s singles champion Ash Barty has maintained her greater than two-year grip on the number 1 rating after successful her 3rd main identify with a immediately units victory over Danielle Collins.
Barty, winner of the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon the next yr, has prolonged her rating issues lead over incumbent No 2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, with French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova emerging one spot into 3rd after making the quarterfinals in Australia for the primary time.
Poland’s Iga Swiatek strikes up 5 puts into fourth after making her first main semifinal out of doors of a clay court docket, whilst 28-year-old Collins jumps up 20 puts to be within the most sensible ten for the primary time after an outstanding run to her maiden Grand Slam ultimate.
“It’s been a fantastic fortnight for you,” stated Barty of the American in her put up fit speech after Saturday’s ultimate.
“You’re within the most sensible ten and it’s completely the place you belong. I do know you are going to be combating for lots of extra of those one day.” Former No. 1, Spain’s Garbine Muguruza drops 4 puts into 7th after shedding in the second one spherical at Melbourne Park.
Within the males’s scores, Italy’s Matteo Berrettini is the one mover throughout the most sensible ten, mountaineering to a brand new occupation top of No.6 after making the semifinals at Melbourne Park for the primary time, with Russia’s Andrey Rublev shedding to 7th.
Novak Djokovic, with 20 grand slam titles, will proceed as No. 1 regardless of lacking the Australian Open after being deported for no longer assembly the rustic’s strict COVID-19 vaccination laws.
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev maintains 2d regardless of his end result towards Rafael Nadal within the Australian Open males’s ultimate to be performed later Sunday.
Nadal, tied with Djokovic and Roger Federer with 20 grand slam titles, remains 5th, in the back of Germany’s Alexander Zverev and Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas.
