WTA Rankings: Abu Dhabi winner Bencic stays at ninth, Linz champion Potapova enters top 40

Poland’s Iga Swiatek continued to dominate the WTA rankings on Monday, with the one notable change the exit of Estonia’s Annett Kontaveit from the Top 20.

A distant second behind Swiatek, was the Belarussian Aryna Sabalenka, who gained the Australian Open. Tunisian Ons Jabeur remained third.

Kontaveit, who gained the St. Petersburg event a yr in the past however misplaced within the spherical of 16 in Abu Dhabi final week, dropped 9 spots to twenty seventh.

Swiss Belinda Bencic, who saved three match factors as she gained the ultimate in Abu Dhabi held on to ninth, whereas the loser Liudmila Samsonova jumped 4 locations to fifteenth.

Linz champion Anastasia Potapova jumped 13 locations to a brand new career-high rating of 31 whereas runner-up Petra Martic moved up 4 locations to thirtieth.