he 2023 US Open as its protagonist Coco Goughafter losing in the final, will welcome a new champion this Saturday Alina Sabalenka.But the Belarusian is precisely the one who takes center stage this Monday, because on this day she WTA ranking rises to No. 1 after he made sure to overtake at Flushing Meadows Iga Swiatek.
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The WTA thus completed the transition from the first rule of the Poles to the first rule of the Belarusians.The pair have experienced a fierce rivalry on the track in recent months, and that rivalry is expected to expand in the coming months, with the pair appearing side by side on the track Elena Rybakina At the beginning of the season, goff It has become a great alternative to the new first Grand Slam and has become a reality.
Sabalenka will ascend to the WTA throne in 2023 with outstanding results. in which he won grand slam (Australian Open), completed end in another (U.S. Open) and has The remaining two semi-finals (Roland Garros and Wimbledon).accumulation three titlesAfter Melbourne, the WTA 1000 was held in Madrid and earlier this year in Adelaide.
This has been one of the strong parts of his season as he has accumulated Thirteen consecutive wins at Adelaide and Australian Open and He signed two wins in Dubai. it already shines great regularity He has only a second round in Rome, a last-16 signing at the Berlin grass-court tournament and a few days ago in Canada a few days ago in the 2023 tournament, all of which he has accumulated in the course of the year in these three tournaments of frustration.trophy Three other finals (Indian Wells versus Rybakina, Stuttgart versus Swiatek, this US Open versus Goff).
Sabalenka finished runner-up at last season’s WTA Finals, losing to Caroline Garcia in the final, but she has found the perfect balance in her game this season.With his powerful attack power, he can Reduce unforced errors and significantly improve second serve, which was one of the weaknesses in his game, but he used it to improve his numbers. He has been working on the mental component to compete regularly in tournaments, a situation that has propelled him to the top of tennis this Monday.
He came to her with numbers from his career 1 Grand Slam and 13 WTA titles. In addition to the three titles she won at Melbourne Park this season, Sabalenka did not win a title in 2022 but won 10 more titles between 2018 and 2021. In addition to the Australian Open, there are a total of five WTA 1000 (Wuhan 2018 and 2019, Doha 2020, Madrid 2021 and 2023), WTA Elite Trophy (Master B, won in 2019) and four 500 games (New Haven 2018, Ostrava 2020, Abu Dhabi 2021 and Adelaide 2023). 250 athletes from Shenzhen 2019 and Linz 2020 complete their list of successes.
Sabalenka becomes The 29th player in history to rise to the top of the world She is also the second Belarusian to win this honor after Victoria Azarenka. He will try to emulate his compatriots and compete for first place at the end of the season: Azarenka took first place in 2012, and Sabalenka will try to repeat this milestone 11 years later.
Additionally, Aryna adds to her career accolades: WTA No. 1 singles and doubles rankings. From February 22 to April 4, 2021, he dominated the duo rankings for six consecutive weeks. She is the eighth player in history to top both rankings. Previously, Martina Navratilova, Arancha Sanchez Vicario, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Kim Clijsters, Serena ยท Williams and Venus Williams ranked first in both events.
Challenges that remain to be resolved before the end of the year
Of course, Sabalenka’s main goal before the end of the year is Keep the number 1. She is defending her WTA Finals title, so she still has plenty of points to secure. Fifteen players have finished the season ranked No. 1 at least once, and Sabalenka hopes to become the 16th player to do so.
He’s been in the dressing room at the top of the table for a week now, with 15 weeks left in 2023, the first of which he’s already locked up. Take on the challenge of ending the year in these sixteen weeks That would qualify him for a spot in the all-time top 20 next year, as Kim Clijsters accomplished that feat in 20 weeks.
win WTA Finals It’s also the biggest incentive for the remaining champions, but there are other great games pending. In principle, GuadalajaraWTA 1000 next week and Beijing WTA 500 In early October, they will face their next challenge and then launch the Teachers Championship.