Sizzling Iga Swiatek cements No 1 spot
Iga Swiatek, who won her fifth tournament in a row in Rome on Sunday, will go into the French Open as top seed after consolidating her place as world No 1 on Monday.
The 20-year-old Pole, who won the title at Roland Garros in 2020, is over 2,000 points ahead of defending French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova in the new WTA rankings.
Tunisia’s Madrid Open champion Ons Jabeur, who lost to Swiatek in the Italian Open final, climbed to a careerhigh sixth.
Coco Gauff dropped three places to 18th while former number one Simona Halep returned to the top 20 at 19.