Tunisian Anas Jaber became the best Arab player in the WTA rankings, after climbing to 6th place on Monday, the best of his career, after reaching the final of the Rome tournament on Sunday.
Jaber, the first Arab woman to enter the list of the top ten in the world last year, has advanced this year to extraordinary heights, after being crowned ten days ago with the 1,000 Tournament title in Madrid, the biggest of her career and the second after Birmingham, England, last year.
On Sunday he reached the final of the tournament in Rome, losing to Poland’s world number one Iga شفي ewentek after a difficult path to the top flight.
And she previously reached the Charleston final this year, losing to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.
In addition to his recent levels, Jaber, 27, is one of the main candidates to reach the final of Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam, which begins on May 22.
The Tunisian advanced to sixth place at the expense of Czech Karolina Pliskova, who fell to eighth, while Belarusian Arina Sabalenka also advanced to seventh, in all three changes to the top ten.
Šviontik was out of action after his fifth title this year, four of them in thousand sessions after Doha, Indian Wells and Miami.
In the men’s, Serbian Novak Djokovic clung to the lead after winning his sixth Rome Masters title on Sunday by beating Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, emphasizing he was ready to defend his Roland title. Garros.
For his part, the Greek advanced to fourth place at the expense of Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who was eliminated from the final prize in Rome after sustaining a foot injury in the match he lost to Canadian Denis Shapovalov, as anticipation of his readiness for the French. Open, which he has won 13 times (a record).
Ranking of the top ten players:
1 – Novak Djokovic, 8,660 points
2- Russian Daniil Medvedev 7980
3- German Alexander Zverev 7200
4- Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6170 (+1)
5- Spanish Rafael Nadal 5525 (-1)
6- Spanish Carlos Alcaras 4770
7- Russian Andrey Rublev 3945
8- Norwegian Casper Rod 3940 (+2)
9- Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 3850
10- Italian Matteo Berrettini 3805 (-2)
Ranking of the top ten players:
1- Polish IGA Švietek 7061
2- Czech Barbora Krajicekova 4911
3- The Spanish Paula Padusa 4770
4- Greek Maria Sakkari 4726
5- Estonian Annette Kontaveit 4446
6- Tunisian Anas Jaber 4380 (+1)
7- Belarusian Arina Sabalenka 3966 (+1)
8- Czech Karolina Pliskova 3568 (-2)
9- American Daniel Collins 3315
10- Mugurosa Spanish Garbina 3031
Source: “AFP”
Source: Arabic RT
