Sobolenko ranked world second

The Women's Tennis Association has published an updated world ranking. Arina Sobolenko has overtaken Japanese Naomi Osaka to occupy second place globally – for the first time in her career. 

 Arina did not perform her best at a major tournament from the WTA 1000 category in American Cincinnati, losing to Spain’s Paula Badosa Gibert (32st in WTA) in the 1/16 finals (7:5, 2:6, 6:7). However, Naomi Osaka did not stay long in the tournament (until the quarter finals); and since she did not defend points for last year's final, the Japanese lost her place in the ranking.

In turn, Australian Ashleigh Barty performed almost perfectly – winning a title and, accordingly, strengthening her position at the top of the rating. Following her in the top ten are Arina Sobolenko (Belarus), Naomi Osaka (Japan), Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic), Sofia Kenin (USA), Elina Svitolina (Ukraine), Bianca Andreescu (Canada), Iga Świątek (Poland), Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) and Garbine Muguruza (Spain).