PARIS, March 20, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina moved up

three places to a career-high ranking of seventh on Monday after winning the
prestigious Indian Wells title.

The Kazakh star beat Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka in Sunday's final
to avenge her defeat by the Belarusian earlier this year in the Melbourne
showpiece.

She would be higher in the standings if Wimbledon had not been stripped of
its ranking points last year for banning Russian and Belarusian players.

Iga Swiatek retains a commanding lead as world number one, despite failing to
win a second straight Indian Wells title after a semi-final loss to Rybakina.

WTA top 20
1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 9,975 pts
2. Aryna Sabalenka 6,740
3. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5,605
4. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4,990 (+1)
5. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 4,976 (-1)
6. Coco Gauff (USA) 4,401
7. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 3,720 (+3)
8. Daria Kasatkina 3,375
9. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3,360
10. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3,191 (-3)
11. Veronika Kudermetova 2,470
12. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2,377 (+3)
13. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 2,324 (+3)
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2,276 (-1)
15. Liudmila Samsonova 2,191 (-3)
16. Victoria Azarenka 2,182 (-2)
17. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 2,155
18. Ekaterina Alexandrova 2,005
19. Magda Linette (POL) 1,770 (+2)
20. Donna Vekic (CRO) 1,662 (+3)