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Jessica Pegula says it is “crazy” seeing that Iga Swiatek has lost the world No 1 ranking despite making strong results throughout the year. Swiatek, who defended her French Open title earlier this year, has won four titles so far this year and she has been constantly making deep runs.
But following her US Open round-of-16 exit, Swiatek lost the world No 1 spot to Aryna Sabalenka. “Yeah, it’s kind of crazy. Coco Gauff and I talked about it in doubles. We’re like, It’s kind of weird because, I mean, Iga still made second week, she’s still been going deep in every tournament and doing well.
It wasn’t enough to keep her there. That’s crazy. Coco is like, ‘I don’t know what more she could have done?’ I was like, ‘I guess win the tournament again’ That’s it. It’s hard when Aryna has had good results in all of the slams and a lot of the big tournaments.
Yeah, I think it’s well-deserved. I think she’s been knocking on the door for quite a while. It’s nice to see that change and see her get rewarded for how well she’s been playing, her consistency, especially in the slams,” Pegula said.
