Paris (AFP)
Simona Halep of Romania, despite dropping out in the third round of the Wuhan tournament for back pain, has regained the Top 5 at the expense of the young Canadian prodigy Bianca Andreescu, now sixth in the WTA standings released on Monday.
Both players are returning to Beijing this week with all the world's elite.
Sacred in Wuhan on Saturday for the second year in a row, Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka remains in 14th place.
Eliminated in the second round in Wuhan by the world N.1, the Australian Ashleigh Barty, the French N.1 Caroline Garcia suffered the same fate in Beijing in the first round ahead of the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska.
The Lyonnaise does not manage to get out of a bad pass that is in the long run and out of the Top 30 (31).
Beaten entry to Wuhan, Kristina Mladenovic back, she, two rows (46th).
WTA ranking at Monday, September 30th.
1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 6446 pts
2. Karolína Plí? Ková (CZE) 6125
3. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 5320
4. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 5011
5. Simona Halep (ROU) 4907 (+1)
6. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 4835 (-1)
7. Petra Kvitová (CZE) 4571
8. Kiki Bertens (NED) 4225
9. Serena Williams (USA) 3935
10. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3738
11. Johanna Konta (GBR) 3073
12. Sloane Stephens (USA) 2873 (+3)
13. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2830 (-1)
14. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 2785
15. Madison Keys (USA) 2767 (-2)
16. Sofia Kenin (USA) 2600 (+1)
17. Petra Martic (CRO) 2572 (+5)
18. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 2517 (+1)
19. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 2493 (-1)
20. Qiang Wang (CHN) 2423 (-4)
...
31. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 1725 (-1)
46. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 1180 (-2)
58. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 1020 (-1)
64. Fiona Ferro (FRA) 950 (-1)
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