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Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka climbed to a career-high WTA ranking of seventh on Monday after winning her third straight title at the weekend. The 22-year-old won the Australian Open warm-up event in Abu Dhabi, beating Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-2 in Wednesday’s final. Sabalenka finished her 2020 campaign with triumphs in Ostrava and Linz and will be one of the favourites for the delayed Australian Open next month. Here is the new top 10 WTA rankings.
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1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 8,717 points
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2. Simona Halep (ROU) 7,255
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3. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 5,780
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4. Sofia Kenin (USA) 5,760
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5. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 5,260
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6. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 5,205
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7. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 4,580 (+3)
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8. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 4,555 (-1)
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9. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 4,516 (-1)
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10. Kiki Bertens (NED) 4,505 (-1)
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