Berlin – Poland’s Iga Swiatek is now officially the new number one in the tennis world rankings. The 20-year-old succeeds Australian Ashleigh Barty, who surprisingly announced her retirement from professional tennis.
The former French Open winner Swiatek won the tournament in Miami last weekend and had already been confirmed as Barty’s successor. Czech Barbora Krejcikova follows in second place in the new rankings published on Monday, ahead of Spain’s Paula Badosa. The best German in 16th place is former world number one Angelique Kerber.
In the men’s singles, Alexander Zverev from Hamburg is ranked third behind Novak Djokovic from Serbia and Daniil Medvedev. The Russian had missed the return to the top at the tournament in Miami. Medvedev then had surgery for a small hernia and now has to take a break for one to two months.
