Eala hits career-high 17th as Gauff climbs and Swiatek slips
Alex Eala reached a career-high No 17 in the WTA rankings, a week in which Coco Gauff moved up to fourth and Iga Swiatek dropped to ninth. Elena Rybakina stays at world No 1, though the 1,500 points from last year's WTA Finals title have come off her tally.
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Alex Eala alcançou a 17ª posição, melhor da carreira, no ranking da WTA divulgado nesta semana, em que Coco Gauff subiu para quarta e Iga Swiatek caiu para nona.
Elena Rybakina segue como número 1 do mundo, embora os 1.500 pontos do título do WTA Finals do ano passado tenham saído da sua conta. A posição de vice-líder de Aryna Sabalenka também foi reduzida.
Swiatek, afastada por uma lesão na coxa, encerrou a temporada e vai ficar fora do torneio de fim de ano pela primeira vez desde 2019. Gauff passou a compatriota Jessica Pegula e assumiu o quarto lugar por margem mínima, e a campeã de Wimbledon Linda Noskova voltou ao oitavo posto, empurrando Swiatek uma posição abaixo.
Diana Shnaider, campeã do Pan Pacific Open, subiu duas posições e é a 11ª, igualando seu melhor ranking.
Leylah Fernandez subiu cinco e é a 18ª, enquanto Victoria Mboko, afastada desde junho por lesão no joelho, caiu cinco e é a 20ª. Amanda Anisimova, também lesionada, caiu o mesmo tanto, para a 22ª. Naomi Osaka, Belinda Bencic e Sorana Cirstea tiveram pequenos ganhos; Iva Jovic, Maja Chwalinska e Madison Keys recuaram.
Ainda há ranking em jogo em Hong Kong e Chennai antes de a elite se reunir em Indian Wells, a partir de 8 de novembro.
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