Halep holds on to No. 1 status

Romania’s

Simona Halep maintained the No. 1 spot of the Women’s Tennis Association rankings released yesterday, ahead of Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki.

Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine climbed one spot up to fourth and fifth, respectively. Japan’s Naomi Osaka jumped two positions to the sixth, pushing Caroline Garcia of France four places down to the eighth.

Further down the rankings, Puerto Rican Monica Puig pushed up nine spots to be ranked 42nd. (IANS)