(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Elena Rybakina rose to a career-high ranking of No 4 this Monday following her Rome victory. Rybakina, 23, clinched her second WTA 1000 title this past fortnight in Rome. Before Rome, Rybakina rose to a career-high ranking of No 6 in the world.
After winning Rome, Rybakina secured a top-5 spot for the first time in her career. Since the start of the season, Rybakina has been improving her ranking. After finishing as runner-up at the Australian Open, Rybakina broke into the top-10 for the first time in her career.
Five months later, Rybakina has climbed six more spots on the WTA rankings.
Rybakina aims for the top spot
Following her first WTA 1000 title in Indian Wells this past March, Rybakina achieved at a time her new career-high ranking of No 7 in the world.
Two months after Indian Wells, Rybakina improved three more spots. In Indian Wells, Rybakina said her ultimate goal was to reach the world No 1 spot. “I think the biggest goal is of course to be No. 1. There is still long way to go.
So this is the kind of end goal, I would say. For now, I’m 7, but you know how quickly the ranking change. So I need to always focus on the next tournament I play. Yeah,…
