Maria Sharapova announces failed drug test at Australian Open

Maria Sharapova announced she failed a drug test at the Australian Open in a press conference Monday in Los Angeles.
Sharapova was informed by the International courts Federation that she tested positive for Meldonium, which was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances on Jan. 1, 2016. Sharapova said she has legally been taking the drug for 10 years. Sharapova did not disclose what penalty she will face for the positive test. “I know that with this, I face consequences,” Sharapova said. “I don't want to end my career this way, and I really hope I will be given another chance to play this game.” The test was conducted on Jan. 26 before being examined by a WADA accredited laboratory, which returned the positive for Meldonium. The ITF announced Sharapova will be provisionally suspended beginning on March 12.

The drug was added to WADA's banned list as it showed “evidence of its use by athletes with the intention of enhancing performance.” Melodonium is a drug used clinically to treat angina, myocardial infarction and chronic heart failure.
WTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon issued the following statement: “I am very saddened to hear this news about Maria. Maria is a leader and I have always known her to be a woman of great integrity. Nevertheless, as Maria acknowledged, it is very player's responsibility to know what they put in their body and to know if it is permissible. This matter is now in the hands of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program and it's standard procedures. The WTA will support the decisions reached through this process.”
The World Anti-Doping Agency said it will refrain from commenting on the case until a decision has been issued by the ITF.
Her parents were also in attendance at the press conference. Sharapova has struggled with her shares of injuries in the past year as she withdrew from last year's U.S. Open with a right leg injury. Most recently, she he dropped out of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells due to a left forearm injury.

At 18, Sharapova topped the world with the No. 1 ranking by the Women's Tennis Association on August 22, 2005. Sharapova will turn 29 next month and is ranked No. 6 by
the WTA Sharapova has won five Grand Slam titles in her career, which is the third most among active players behind Serena and Venus Williams.
Nike has suspended its relationship with tennis star Maria Sharapova as the fallout from her admission of a positive drug test at this year's Australian Open continues.
"We are saddened and surprised by the news about Maria Sharapova," a Nike statement read. "We have decided to suspend our relationship with Maria while the investigation continues. "We will continue to monitor the situation."
It is not the first time this year that Nike has distanced itself from a controversial athlete. Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao saw his contract with the sportswear company terminated after he described guy couples as "worse than animals".

Sharapova is a great sportswoman and above all a great Human being hopefully this all pans out well for her. Don't forget to leave your thoughts about this in the comments section. Thank you for reading.

Australian open Women's Final... Angelique Kerber stuns Serena Williams

Hi Dassyb blog readers and Tennis fans. Hope you had a great weekend. Austrailian open finals were played over the weekend and Germany's Angelique Kerber stunned world number one Serena Williams in three sets to win her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.
Kerber, seeded seventh, won a thrilling final 6-4 3-6 6-4 at Melbourne Park.
The 28-year-old is the first German to win a major singles title since Steffi Graf at the 1999 French Open.
Williams, 34, was beaten for just the fifth time in 26 Grand Slam finals, and the American missed the chance to tie Graf's open-era record of 22 titles.
Kerber, who saved a match point in her first-round win over Misaki Doi, will move up to number two in the world rankings.

Kerber blunts Williams' power game
Kerber had won just one of six previous matches against Williams and was making her Grand Slam final debut, but she was the better player over two hours and eight minutes on Rod Laver Arena.
She led Williams in the ace count until the latter stages, limiting her to just seven overall, while the American racked up 46 errors to just 13 by Kerber.
Williams made 23 mistakes in the first set alone - sparking memories of her desperately nervous display in losing to Roberta Vinci at the US Open last September - and Kerber took full advantage to claim it after 39 minutes.
However, the defending champion cut her error count to just five in the second set and claimed it thanks to a single break in game four.

Kerber twice moved ahead in the decider and a stunning sixth game saw the German produce two fine drop shots and win a breathtaking 19-stroke rally to cling on to her serve and edge closer to victory.
Nerves took hold and she was broken while serving for the match, but she launched into the Williams serve once again and clinched the title when the world number one sent a volley long.
'A dream come true'
Kerber said afterwards that being able to say she was a Grand Slam champion "sounds crazy".
"It's my dream come. I worked for this my whole life," said the German.
"It's been such an up and down two weeks, I was match point down in the first round and had one foot in the plane to Germany.
"Now I have beaten Serena and won the championship. I have so many emotions, so many thoughts, but all of them good ones."

Williams was gracious in defeat, telling Kerber: "Angie, congratulations. You deserve this and I'm so happy for you. I really hope you enjoy this moment."
The runner-up added: "Would I give my performance an A? No, but this is all I could produce.
"I'm not a robot. I do the best that I can. I try to win every point but realistically I can't. Maybe someone else can."

Australian open Final... Djokovic crushes Murray

World number one Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray in straight sets to win his sixth Australian Open title and condemn the Briton to a fifth final defeat.
The Serb, 28, won 6-1 7-5 7-6 (7-3) to claim his sixth Melbourne title, tying the record of Australia's Roy Emerson.
Djokovic also draws level with tennis greats Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver on 11 Grand Slam titles.
Second seed Murray, 28, has now lost all five Australian Open finals he has played, four of them against Djokovic.

The Scot becomes only the second man - behind his former coach Ivan Lendl at the US Open - to lose five finals at the same Grand Slam since the open era began in 1968.
He was expected to head straight to the airport after the final to return to London and his wife Kim, who is due to give birth to their first child in the next two weeks.
Djokovic has now won four of the past five major tournaments, including three in a row, and will try to complete his career Grand Slam with a first French Open title in June.
Match reaction
Murray: "I feel like I've been here before. Congrats Novak. Six Australian Opens is an incredible feat. The last year has been incredible. Good job.
"I'd like to thank my team for getting me to this position. Sorry I couldn't get it done. Thanks for all your support during a tough few weeks off court.
"And finally to Kim, my wife, who is going to be watching at home. You've been a legend. I'll be on the next flight home."
Djokovic: "I need to pay respect to Andy for having another great tournament. Tough luck tonight.
"He's a great champion, great friend and a great professional who I'm sure will have many more chances to win this trophy.
"I also wish you and Kim good luck for the birth of your child and I hope you will experience a feeling like no other before - that's what happened to me and my wife. I wish you all the best."

Slow start hurts Murray
Murray fought hard after a wretched start but ultimately could not cling on to the pace set by Djokovic, who has suffered just one defeat in six years on Rod Laver Arena.
The British number one came back from a break down in an 80-minute second set, and again in the third, before succumbing to an 11th loss in 12 matches against Djokovic.
Murray needed to make an early impression but Djokovic saved an early break point and then raced 5-0 clear as the Scot made a succession of errors.
It took 24 minutes for Murray to finally get on the scoreboard but the set was soon gone and he was faced with successfully recovering a deficit for the first time in 31 meetings with Djokovic.
Murray was still under pressure as the second set developed and hauled his way through a gripping 12-minute game at 1-1, giving him a foothold in the contest.
Some harder hitting brought success, only for costly errors to keep tripping up the Briton at crucial moments - and Djokovic looked to have made a decisive move when he broke again for a 4-3 lead.
Murray fightback falls short
It prompted a recovery from Murray, who powered his way to a break-back point in the following game and converted with a terrific backhand winner onto the line.
At last it was Djokovic who was berating himself rather than the Scot, but with a tie-break looming at 5-5 the five-time champion produced a burst of brilliance that took the match away from Murray.
Murray was in charge on serve at 40-0 only to crumble under a spectacular display of hitting from his opponent, who reeled off five straight points, including one stunning 36-stroke rally.
The Serb showed an unexpected fragility as two successive double faults offered Murray a lifeline in the next game, but he recovered with a good serve and closed it out thanks to three straight errors across the net.
There was still plenty of fight in the challenger and Murray roused himself to come back from a break down at the start of the third and force a tie-break.
It proved a reflection of the match as a whole, though, as Murray started poorly with two double faults and was out of touch by the time Djokovic sealed victory with an ace after two hours and 53 minutes.

Match stats

Djokovic  Murray

7 Aces 12

3 Double faults 5

66 First serve % 64

74 First serve pts won % 68

53 Second serve pts won % 35

5/12 Break points converted 2/6

31 Winners 40

41 Unforced errors 65

10 moments in sports that happened in 2015 to remember

Hi Dassyb blog readers, welcome to 2016. Several wonderful and shocking events occurred in 2015, below are few of them.  We watch for the moments -- the ones that make us cheer, laugh, cry or scream. Sports trigger emotions in a way few things in life can. If you think about it, this past year has been filled with incredible storylines that encompassed a wide array of feelings. We take at look at the biggest and most influential people, teams and moments that stuck with us through the year and remain as memories we'll never forget.

1. May weather and Pacquiao fight

Was this the most hyped sporting event in history? Probably. It was definitely the most lucrative, even if the quality of the boxing was not what everyone had hoped for.

One of the things a disproportionate number of fans had been looking forward to was seeing Floyd Mayweather Jr finally get put on his backside in a boxing ring.

The convicted domestic abuser is near the top of every 'most hated athletes' list and Manny Pacquiao was the man charged with the difficult task of ending his unbeaten run, but it wasn't to be.



Pacquiao threw a fraction of his usual punch tally and later revealed he was battling through a busted shoulder, allowing Mayweather to dominate in his usual manner.

The American, who some believe avoided fighting Pacquiao until the hard-hitting Filipino icon was past his prime, was simply too fast for his opponent and constantly caught him on the counter-attack.

Some argued Mayweather's win by unanimous decision was unfair to the more aggressive Pacquiao, but those cries were coming more from the heart than the head.

2. Fifa corruption scandal

In late May, Swiss police stormed into a Zurich hotel and arrested nine people, all of them current or former FIFA officials.

It kicked off a global investigation that was still not enough to stop Sepp Blatter getting re-elected as president, though he since promised to resign and was suspended, along with possible successor and UEFA president Michel Platini.

Blatter and Platini eventually copped eight-year bans over a US$2 million payment the FIFA boss made to his UEFA counterpart in 2011.



Nothing's impossible as this saga wears on, but long-whispered rumours about alleged FIFA corruption are now coming home to roost.

Claims of dodgy broadcast deals and questionable tournament bids abound and the whole sordid mess has been a depressing sideshow to any actual sport that may have been enjoyed.

3. Fanning powers through pain

Mick Fanning was within touching distance of his fourth world title on the eve of his round-three heat at Pipe Masters in Hawaii.

But his stoic exterior masked his devastation as hours earlier, Fanning had received the news that his older brother, Peter, had died in his sleep.

He surfed a brilliant heat to remain in the hunt and, while he ultimately fell short of the title, he once again earned worldwide respect and admiration for his strength and skill.

It was the second time the surfing star had to deal with such a tragedy, after a friend and another brother, Sean, died in a car accident in 1998.

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lso, a scary moment turned into a highlight when surfer Mick Fanning encountered a shark in the water during the final of a surfing competition in South Africa. The shark knocked Fanning off the board, but the surfer managed to punch the shark and swim to safety.

4. Kobe Bryant announces retirement

With the injuries piling up and his skills deteriorating, Lakers icon Kobe Bryant decided it was time to go after 20 seasons in the NBA. He announced the retirement in his own poetic words and embarked on a farewell tour. That last hurrah hasn’t always been pretty, but Kobe continues to play with the never-say-never approach that defined his career.

5. Barcelona caps off a success year with 5 trophies from a possible 6.

After winning La Liga and the Copa del Rey, Barcelona finished off its second treble in six years by beating Juventus 3-1 in the Champions League final in Berlin. The front line of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez became the world's most prolific, and the latter two scored the clinching goals. In September they went on to win the European super cup against sevilla and lost the Spanish super cup to athletic Bilbao. They ended the year with a comfortable 4 nil win over river plate in to win the club world cup.

6. Curry breaks a 40 year drought and brings the golden warriors a title

The return of LeBron James to Cleveland was quietly, and quickly, usurped by Steph Curry turning his Warriors turning into the NBA’s top attraction. Curry took home the MVP and won a title, then led the Warriors on a record 24-game winning streak to open the 2015-16 season. The team now stands at 28-1, Curry is scoring 30.8 ppg (2.4 points more than his next closest competitor) and for as long as Golden State keeps up its high level of play, every game is a must watch as that 72-10 record from the 1995-96 Bulls looks evermore in danger of falling.

7. Klitschko dethroned by Fury Tyson

Fury ended Wladimir Klitschko’s tenure as the world heavyweight champion following a unanimous decision by the judges. With the victory, Fury inherited the WBA, IBF and WBO titles. He is poised to face Klitschko in a rematch next year.

8. Serena Williams captures second serena Slam with victory at Wimbledon

No. 1 Serena Williams took down Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka and her sister Venus en route to the 2015 Wimbledon final, where she beat Spain's Garbine Muguruza to win her sixth title at the All England Club and 21st Grand Slam overall. The win also marked Serena’s fourth consecutive major title—the second “Serena Slam” of her career—and at 33, she became the oldest women’s Slam champion in the Open Era.

9. Ledecky record breaking year 

The first swimmer to win the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle events at the FINA World Championships, Ledecky won five gold medals and set three world records before being named the 2015 Female Swimmer of the Meet

10. Lewis Hamilton championship win 

Lewis Hamilton's 2015 title triumph will be remembered as the most routine of the three currently to his name. Having ended his six-year wait for a title at the 2014 Abu Dhabi finale, Hamilton has made light work of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in a way he was unable to last season and wrapped up the championship with three races to spare.

Happy new year and I hope we see more wonderful and interesting sports highlights.

Hi Dassyb blog readers, welcome to a new week, below is the current ATP and WTA rankings.

ATP Tour Rankings

Rank  Previous  Rank  Name  Country Ranking Points

1 1 Novak Djokovic Serbia 15,285

2 2 Andy Murray Great Britain 8,470

3 3 Roger Federer Switzerland 7,340

4 4 Stanislas Wawrinka Switzerland 6,500

5 5 Rafael Nadal Spain 4,630

6 6 Tomas Berdych Czech Republic 4,620

7 7 David Ferrer Spain 4,305

8 8 Kei Nishikori Japan 4,035

9 9 Richard Gasquet France 2,850

10 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France 2,635

11 11 John Isner USA 2,495

12 12 Kevin Anderson South Africa 2,475

13 13 Marin Cilic Croatia 2,405

14 14 Milos Raonic Canada 2,170

15 15 Gilles Simon France 2,145

16 16 David Goffin Belgium 1,805

17 17 Feliciano Lopez Spain 1,690

18 18 Bernard Tomic Australia 1,675

19 20 Benoit Paire France 1,633

20 19 Dominic Thiem Austria 1,600

21 21 Fabio Fognini Italy 1,515

22 22 Gael Monfils France 1,510

23 23 Viktor Troicki Serbia 1,487

24 24 Ivo Karlovic Croatia 1,485

25 25 Roberto Bautista Agut Spain 1,480

26 26 Jack Sock USA 1,465

27 27 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Spain 1,430

28 28 Grigor Dimitrov Bulgaria 1,360

29 29 Andreas Seppi Italy 1,360

30 30 Nick Kyrgios Australia 1,260

31 31 Jeremy Chardy France 1,255

32 32 Steve Johnson USA 1,240

33 33 Joao Sousa Portugal 1,191

34 34 Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany 1,185

35 35 Leonardo Mayer Argentina 1,150

36 36 Alexandr Dolgopolov Ukraine 1,135

37 37 Thomaz Bellucci Brazil 1,105

38 38 Gilles Muller Luxembourg 1,105

39 39 Vasek Pospisil Canada 1,075

40 40 Pablo Cuevas Uruguay 1,065

41 41 Jiri Vesely Czech Republic 1,057

42 42 Tommy Robredo Spain 1,000

43 43 Martin Klizan Slovakia 980

44 45 Borna Coric Croatia 941

45 46 Aljaz Bedene Slovenia 939

46 47 Marcos Baghdatis Cyprus 933

47 44 Adrian Mannarino France 930

48 48 Donald Young USA 907

49 49 Fernando Verdasco Spain 900

50 50 Teymuraz Gabashvili Russia 863

51 52 Victor Estrella Burgos Dominican Republic 822

52 51 Hyeon Chung Korea 817

53 53 Federico Delbonis Argentina 815

54 54 Juan Monaco Argentina 810

55 55 Albert Ramos Spain 798

56 56 Lukas Rosol Czech Republic 797

57 57 Jerzy Janowicz Poland 795

58 58 Simone Bolelli Italy 790

59 59 Sam Querrey USA 785

60 60 Sam Groth Australia 782

61 61 Denis Istomin Uzbekistan 781

62 62 Sergiy Stakhovsky Ukraine 780

63 63 Andreas Haider-Maurer Austria 775

64 64 Pablo Andujar Spain 770

65 65 Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan 762

66 67 Robin Haase Netherlands 740

67 68 Pablo Carreno Busta Spain 734

68 66 Paolo Lorenzi Italy 725

69 82 Richard Berankis Lithuania 721

70 69 Denis Kudla United States 719

71 70 Santiago Giraldo Colombia 716

72 71 Nicolas Mahut France 710

73 72 Diego Schwartzman Argentina 701

74 74 Nicolas Almagro Spain 694

75 75 Dusan Lajovic Serbia 678

76 76 Yen-Hsun Lu Chinese Taipei 674

77 87 Lucas Pouille France 672

78 73 Guido Pella Argentina 671

79 77 Andrey Kuznetsov Russia 663

80 78 Thanasi Kokkinakis Australia 656

81 79 Ernests Gulbis Latvia 655

82 80 Damir Dzumhur Bosnia 649

83 81 Alexander Zverev Germany 647

84 83 Marcel Granollers Spain 645

85 84 Steve Darcis Belgium 638

86 85 Daniel Munoz-de la nava Spain 629

87 99 Rajeev Ram USA 623

88 94 Evgeny Donskoy Russia 615

89 89 Marco Cecchinato Italy 615

90 91 John Millman Australia 611

91 88 Yuki Bhambri India 610

92 98 Paul-Henri Mathieu France 604

93 90 Nikoloz Basilashvili Georgia 602

94 93 Daniel Gimeno-Traver Spain 590

95 95 Thiemo De Bakker Netherlands 587

96 96 Benjamin Becker Germany 583

97 86 Illya Marchenko Ukraine 577

98 100 Filip Krajinovic Serbia 574

99 110 Kyle Edmund England 560

100 97 Malek Jaziri Tunisia 551

101 101 Austin Krajicek United States 551

102 102 Jan-Lennard Struff Germany 547

103 103 Ivan Dodig Croatia 546

104 92 Dudi Sela Israel 545

105 104 Ruben Bemelmans Belgium 543

106 106 Tim Smyczek USA 543

107 107 Matthew Ebden Australia 540

108 105 Inigo Cervantes Spain 539

109 121 Lukas Lacko Slovakia 533

110 119 Taro Daniel Japan 531

111 108 Ryan Harrison USA 521

112 109 Marsel Ilhan Turkey 520

113 127 Carlos Berlocq Argentina 513

114 112 Albert Montanes Spain 508

115 117 Luca Vanni Italy 502

116 113 Tatsuma Ito Japan 501

117 116 James Duckworth Australia 492

118 111 Michael Berrer Germany 485

119 118 Alejandro Falla Colombia 484

120 115 Go Soeda Japan 479

121 120 Radu Albot Moldova 477

122 131 Edouard Roger-Vasselin France 475

123 122 Rogerio Dutra Silva Brazil 473

124 114 Dustin Brown Germany 468

125 134 Horacio Zeballos Argentina 466

126 129 Mikhail Youzhny Russia 465

127 123 Yuichi Sugita Japan 465

128 130 Bjorn Fratangelo United States 463

129 125 John-Patrick Smith Australia 459

130 128 Roberto Carballes Baena Spain 458

131 126 Kimmer Coppejans Belgium 452

132 124 Facundo Arguello Argentina 452

133 142 Dennis Novikov United States 440

134 140 Jared Donaldson United States 439

135 135 Gastao Elias Portugal 433

136 133 Elias Ymer Sweden 431

137 132 Blaz Rola Slovenia 431

138 145 Konstantin Kravchuk Russia 428

139 138 Alejandro Gonzalez Colombia 425

140 139 Joao Souza Brazil 422

141 136 Norbert Gombos Slovakia 422

142 143 Facundo Bagnis Argentina 420

143 146 Yoshihito Nishioka Japan 415

144 141 adrian menendez-maceiras SPAIN 415

145 144 Maximo Gonzalez Argentina 413

146 147 Kenny De Schepper France 396

147 151 Mirza Basic Bosnia And Herzegovina 395

148 149 Andre Ghem Brazil 389

149 148 Andrej Martin Slovak Republic 389

150 153 Blaz Kavcic Slovenia 382

151 156 Karen Khachanov Russia 379

152 152 Jarkko Nieminen Finland 375

153 154 Jurgen Melzer Austria 367

154 155 Jordan Thompson Australia 367

155 160 James Ward Great Britain 365

156 157 Thomas Fabbiano Italy 362

157 158 Andrea Arnaboldi Italy 360

158 159 Daniel Brands Germany 358

159 161 Adam Pavlasek Czech Republic 353

160 162 Aleksandr Nedovyesov KAZAKHSTAN 345

161 137 Jurgen Zopp Estonia 343

162 150 Farrukh Dustov Uzbekistan 332

163 166 Hans Podlipnik-Castillo Chile 325

164 169 Guilherme Clezar Brazil 320

165 176 Marius Copil Romania 318

166 164 Gerald Melzer Austria 318

167 165 Igor Sijsling Netherlands 317

168 167 Pierre-Hugues Herbert France 313

169 171 David Guez France 306

170 170 Adrian Ungur Romania 305

171 182 Laslo Djere Serbia 305

172 163 Renzo Olivo Argentina 303

173 168 Saketh Myneni India 301

174 173 Mischa Zverev Germany 299

175 175 Andrey Rublev RUSSIA 297

176 172 Grega Zemlja Slovenia 297

177 174 Brydan Klein Great Britain 293

178 177 Matteo Donati Italy 286

179 178 Somdev Devvarman India 284

180 179 Vincent Millot France 282

181 181 Nicolas Kicker Argentina 281

183 183 Jordi Samper-Montana Spain 272

184 186 Franko Skugor Croatia 269

185 271 Daniel Evans England 267

186 187 Luke Saville Australia 266

187 189 Marco Trungelliti Argentina 265

188 184 Alexander Kudryavtsev Russia 264

189 180 Ze Zhang China 264

190 191 Ti Chen Chinese Taipei 264

191 185 Eduardo Struvay Colombia 262

192 188 Giovanni Lapentti Ecuador 261

193 194 Filippo Volandri Italy 256

194 195 Michal Przysiezny Poland 256

195 198 Alexander Sarkissian United States 255

196 205 Peter Gojowczyk Germany 254

197 192 Aslan Karatsev Russia 254

198 200 Tristan Lamasine France 253

199 219 Radek Stepanek Czech Republic 252

200 193 Hiroki Moriya Japan 251
201 190 Jose Hernandez-Fernandez Dominican Republic 251

WTA Tour Rankings

Rank Previous Rank Name Country Ranking Points

1 1 Serena Williams USA 9,945
2 2 Simona Halep Romania 6,060
3 3 Garbine Muguruza Spain 5,200
4 4 Maria Sharapova Russia 5,011
5 5 Agnieszka Radwanska Poland 4,500
6 6 Petra Kvitova Czech Republic 4,220
7 7 Venus Williams USA 3,790
8 8 Flavia Pennetta Italy 3,621
9 9 Lucie Safarova Czech Republic 3,590
10 10 Angelique Kerber Germany 3,590
11 11 Karolina Pliskova Czech Republic 3,285
12 12 Timea Bacsinszky Switzerland 3,133
13 13 Carla Suarez Navarro Spain 3,090
14 14 Belinda Bencic Switzerland 2,900
15 15 Roberta Vinci Italy 2,785
16 16 Ana Ivanovic Serbia 2,645
17 17 Caroline Wozniacki Denmark 2,641
18 18 Madison Keys USA 2,600
19 19 Elina Svitolina Ukraine 2,590
20 20 Sara Errani Italy 2,525
21 21 Jelena Jankovic Serbia 2,445
22 22 Victoria Azarenka Belarus 2,276
23 23 Ekaterina Makarova Russia 2,201
24 24 Andrea Petkovic Germany 2,185
25 25 Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia 2,006
26 26 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova Slovakia 1,875
27 27 Samantha Stosur Australia 1,865
28 28 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Russia 1,840
29 29 Kristina Mladenovic France 1,725
30 30 Sloane Stephens USA 1,715
31 31 Irina-Camelia Begu Romania 1,630
32 32 Sabine Lisicki Germany 1,568
33 33 Lesia Tsurenko Ukraine 1,445
34 35 Caroline Garcia France 1,420
35 34 Camila Giorgi Italy 1,325
36 36 Daria Gavrilova Russia 1,300
37 37 CoCo Vandeweghe USA 1,247
38 38 Dominika Cibulkova Slovakia 1,246
39 39 Monica Niculescu Romania 1,245
40 40 Madison Brengle USA 1,238
41 41 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Czech Republic 1,170
42 43 Alize Cornet France 1,155
43 42 Alison Van Uytvanck Belgium 1,149
44 44 Mona Barthel Germany 1,135
45 45 Teliana Pereira Brazil 1,132
46 46 Varvara Lepchenko USA 1,125
47 47 Johanna Konta Great Britain 1,107
48 48 Eugenie Bouchard Canada 1,064
49 49 Yanina Wickmayer Belgium 1,043
50 50 Julia Goerges Germany 1,040
51 51 Karin Knapp Italy 1,031
52 52 Zarina Diyas Kazakhstan 1,025
53 53 Lucie Hradecka Czech Republic 1,009
54 54 Heather Watson Great Britain 994
55 55 Johanna Larsson Sweden 981
56 58 Danka Kovinic Montenegro 978
57 56 Annika Beck Germany 976
58 62 Margarita Gasparyan Russia 938
59 59 Tsvetana Pironkova Bulgaria 936
60 60 Misaki Doi Japan 929
61 61 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 922
62 63 Denisa Allertova Czech Republic 917
63 64 Christina McHale USA 915
64 65 Carina Witthoeft Germany 913
65 66 Ajla Tomljanovic Croatia 910
66 82 Yaroslava Shvedova Kazakhstan 890
67 67 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni Croatia 885
68 57 Alexandra Dulgheru Romania 879
69 68 Tatjana Maria Germany 855
70 69 Olga Govortsova Belarus 851
71 70 Saisai Zheng China 840
72 71 Polona Hercog Slovenia 835
73 78 Nao Hibino Japan 827
74 72 Darya Kasatkina Russia 812
75 73 Irina Falconi USA 797
76 74 Yulia Putintseva Kazakhstan 793
77 75 Mariana Duque-Marino Colombia 792
78 76 Bojana Jovanovski Serbia 785
79 77 Magdalena Rybarikova Slovakia 782
80 79 Jelena Ostapenko Latvia 771
81 80 Ana Konjuh Croatia 759
82 81 Daniela Hantuchova Slovakia 753
83 83 Kurumi Nara Japan 740
84 85 Timea Babos Hungary 721
85 86 Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino Spain 718
86 87 Lauren Davis USA 710
87 84 Evgeniya Rodina Russia 709
88 88 Kateryna Bondarenko Ukraine 703
89 89 Magda Linette Poland 699
90 91 Anett Kontaveit Estonia 691
91 92 Monica Puig Puerto Rico 690
92 93 Kirsten Flipkens Belgium 681
93 90 Laura Siegemund Germany 673
94 95 Urszula Radwanska Poland 670
95 99 Anna-Lena Friedsam Germany 668
96 96 Aleksandra Krunic Serbia 659
97 94 Andreea Mitu Romania 655
98 97 Alison Riske USA 652
99 106 Klara Zakopalova Czech Republic 645
100 98 Lourdes Dominguez Lino Spain 643
101 100 Anna Tatishvili Georgia 629
102 107 Su-Wei Hsieh Chinese Taipei 628
103 108 Katerina Siniakova Czech Republic 621
104 105 Donna Vekic Croatia 620
105 101 Kiki Bertens Netherlands 618
106 102 Jarmila Gajdosova Australia 610
107 103 Aliaksandra Sasnovich Belarus 610
108 104 Elizaveta Kulichkova Russia 607
109 120 Louisa Chirico USA 571
110 114 Qiang Wang China 566
111 109 Sesil Karatantcheva Bulgaria 553
112 110 Anastasija Sevastova Latvia 551
113 121 Francesca Schiavone Italy 541
114 111 Elena Vesnina Russia 538
115 112 Casey Dellacqua Australia 536
116 113 Kristyna Pliskova Czech Republic 532
117 117 Ying-Ying Duan China 527
118 115 Patricia Maria Tig Romania 527
119 116 Pauline Parmentier France 523
120 118 Naomi Broady United Kingdom 495
121 119 Nicole Gibbs USA 492
122 122 Stefanie Voegele Switzerland 485
123 124 Romina Oprandi Switzerland 472
124 125 Tereza Smitkova Czech Republic 468
125 123 An-Sophie Mestach Belgium 468
126 126 Kaia Kanepi Estonia 448
127 128 Julia Glushko Israel 438
128 127 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor Spain 432
129 129 Kai-Chen Chang Chinese Taipei 428
130 130 Sachia Vickery USA 427
131 158 Cagla Buyukakcay Turkey 424
132 131 Petra Cetkovska Czech Republic 423
133 138 Rebecca Peterson Sweden 420
134 133 Richel Hogenkamp Netherlands 418
135 132 Alexandra Panova Russia 417
136 134 Marina Erakovic New Zealand 413
137 135 Yafan Wang China 412
138 136 Shuai Peng China 406
139 137 Alexa Glatch USA 405
140 140 Maryna Zanevska Ukraine 398
141 139 Kai-Lin Zhang China 390
142 142 Silvia Soler-Espinosa Spain 384
143 147 Kristina Kucova Slovakia 382
144 143 Jana Cepelova Slovakia 380
145 144 Petra Martic Croatia 379
146 146 Shelby Rogers USA 366
147 149 Paula Kania Poland 353
148 153 Veronica Cepede Royg Paraguay 351
149 150 Oceane Dodin France 350
150 151 Jessica Pegula USA 349
151 157 Elise Mertens Belgium 346
152 152 Xinyun Han China 346
153 166 Ipek Soylu Turkey 344
154 165 Kateryna Kozlova Ukraine 343
155 172 Samantha Crawford USA 343
156 181 Misa Eguchi Japan 339
157 203 Naomi Osaka Japan 339
158 155 Andrea Hlavackova Czech Republic 333
159 156 Ysaline Bonaventure Belgium 331
160 145 Risa Ozaki Japan 329
161 178 Viktorija Golubic Switzerland 328
162 148 Anhelina Kalinina Ukraine 327
163 154 Alize Lim France 323
164 162 Mandy Minella Luxembourg 322
165 161 Ana Bogdan Romania 321
166 159 Amandine Hesse France 320
167 141 Kimiko Date-Krumm Japan 318
168 171 Tamira Paszek Austria 312
169 175 Mathilde Johansson France 306
170 168 Katerina Stewart USA 305
171 160 Zhaoxuan Yang China 301
172 170 Alla Kudryavtseva Russia 299
173 173 Lin Zhu China 295
174 174 Shahar Peer Israel 293
175 164 Sara Sorribes Tormo Spain 293
176 177 Michaella Krajicek Netherlands 291
177 179 Jovana Jaksic Serbia 288
178 183 Tereza Martincova Czech Republic 284
179 180 Miyu Kato Japan 280
180 185 Cindy Burger Netherlands 276
181 215 Hiroko Kuwata Japan 274
182 190 Marcela Zacarias Mexico 274
183 182 Vera Zvonareva Russia 273
184 184 Tereza Mrdeza Croatia 271
185 186 Shuai Zhang China 269
186 193 Eri Hozumi Japan 269
187 187 Barbora Krejcikova Czech Republic 269
188 188 Maria Sakkari Greece 268
189 189 Marina Melnikova Russia 267
190 191 Julia Boserup USA 265
191 192 Yuliya Beygelzimer Ukraine 263
192 163 Stephanie Vogt Liechtenstein 263
193 194 Maria Sanchez USA 262
194 200 Laura Pous-Tio Spain 261
195 211 Luksika Kumkhum Thailand 259
196 196 Maria Irigoyen Argentina 258
197 195 Olga Savchuk Ukraine 258
198 169 Vitalia Diatchenko Russia 257
199 197 Mayo Hibi Japan 257
200 198 Beatriz Haddad Maia Brazil 255

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