Uzbekistan's number one tennis player has changed in the WTA rankings
Uzbekistan's number one tennis player has changed in the WTA rankings. In the new weekly rankings published by the International Women's Tennis Association (WTA), on the eve of the start of the US Open, the leading tennis player from Uzbekistan has changed. Long-time number one tennis player Kamilla Rakhimova has given way to Maria Timofeeva.
Maria Timofeeva has risen six places compared to her position last week, taking 86th place. On the contrary, Rakhimova has dropped 4 places, falling to 92nd place. Uzbekistan's number three female tennis player Polina Kudermetova is currently ranked 97th in the world.
Among other Uzbek tennis players, Laima Vladson has dropped 5 places, Sevil Yuldasheva 2, Milana Maslenkova 8 and Vlada Yakshibarova have dropped 5 places. Darya Shubina has retained her position from last week.
There were no changes in the top 10 of the world's tennis players. Aryna Sabalenka remains the world's number one. However, the US Open could change the leaderboard. In second place is Yelena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, who is 434 points behind Sabalenka.
**WTA ranking. As of August 30:**
(1) Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) — 8575 points
(2) Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) — 8141
(3) Jessica Pegula (USA) — 7265
(4) Coco Goff (USA) — 6704
(5) Mirra Andreyeva (Russia) — 5443
(6) Linda Noskova (Czech Republic) — 5028
(7) Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) — 4983
(8) Iga Swiontek (Poland) — 4809
(9) Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) — 4689
(10) Amanda Anisimova (USA) — 4533.
**WTA ranking of Uzbek tennis players:**
86 (92). Maria Timofeeva — 890
92 (88). Kamilla Rakhimova — 852
97 (96). Polina Kudermetova — 783
582 (577). Laima Vladson — 84
965 (963). Sevil Yuldasheva — 27
1157 (1149). Milana Maslenkova — 13
1417 (1412). Vlada Yakshibarova — 6
1526 (1526). Darya Shubina — 3
For information, Kamilla Rakhimova (92nd in the world), who is participating in the main round of the last “Grand Slam” tournament of the year - the US Open Championship, unexpectedly defeated the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, who is ranked 29th in the world ranking, in the 1st round. The 1st set, which was played in an even fight, ended with the victory of Rakhimova with a score of 7:6. She took full control of the second set, winning 6:2 and deciding the match in her favor.
Also today, another Uzbek tennis player, Maria Timofeyeva (86), will take to the court. She will face Slovenian Tamara Zidanšekka (149). The match will start at 22:00 Tashkent time.