Svitolina goes up three places

– Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina jumped three places to fourth in the latest world rankings released yesterday after claiming the biggest title of her career at the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore.

Svitolina beat American Sloane Stephens in three sets in Sunday’s final and moves above US Open champion Naomi Osaka.

Simona Halep was still guaranteed to finish the year as world No 1 despite being forced out of the event with a back injury. –

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