Sabalenka First Becomes No. 1 In Tennis Singles

She will beat Iga Świątek from Poland.

No.2 Aryna Sabalenka for the first time will lead the ranking of the strongest tennis players from next week - after the US Open, which is now taking place in New York, the official website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) writes.

Tennis player from Latvia Jelena Ostapenko beat current No.1 Iga Świątek from Poland in the 1/8 finals. Thus, Iga Świątek will not be able to defend the points she got for winning the US Open a year ago. Aryna Sabalenka will walk around Iga on points.

The Belarusian player, who came to the 1/8 finals, will meet Russian Daria Kasatkina and will head the world tour for the first time next week. 25-year-old Sabalenka, according to the WTA website, will be the 29th woman in history to become the first racket. In addition, Aryna will be only the eighth in history who managed to be at the top of both singles and doubles. Sabalenka did it in paris in February 2021.

We also add that earlier among the Belarusians, the single rating was headed by Viktoryia Azarenka. She was number one for 51 weeks.