Swiatek sees his lead shrink over Sabalenka, Garcia regains 4th place in WTA rankings

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Poland's Iga Swiatek retains the lead in the WTA rankings released Monday with a reduced lead over Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka, while French No. 1 Caroline Garcia recovers fourth place in the world. The 21-year-old Pole, defeated for the first time on clay by Sabalenka in Saturday's final in Madrid, now has only 1744 points more than the 25-year-old Belarusian, compared to 2084 last week.

If the American Jessica Pegula remains in third place in the world, the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, forfeit on injury in Madrid, falls three ranks, to the 7th place. Caroline Garcia, 4th, the American Coco Gauff, 5th, and the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, 6th, take the opportunity to each glean a position in the world hierarchy.

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Crowned at Wimbledon last year, Rybakina won the best ranking of her career. Greece's Maria Sakkari, beaten in the semifinals in Madrid by Sabalenka, moved up a place to 8th place at the expense of Russia's Daria Kasatkina. As for the other two French players in the Top 100, Alizé Cornet is 64th after moving up seven places, while Océane Dodin remains in 99th place.