British Teenage Tennis Sensation Emma Raducanu Enters The Top 20 World Tennis Ranking

British Teenage sensation and reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu has jumped into the top 20 highest ranked Tennis players in the world for the first time in her young career. Emma Raducanu

The 18-year-old was ranked as the 20th highest-ranking female tennis player on Monday, November 8th, after reaching the quarter-finals of the Transylvania Open in October, she became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam when she triumphed in New York in September.
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This week, Raducanu is the top seed for the Linz Open in Austria and has a bye into Tuesday’s second round.

Australian Ashleigh Barty remains number one after a week of the Billie Jean Cup, formerly known as the Fed Cup, but the competition’s results do not count toward the rankings system.

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Latest women’s WTA world rankings on Monday:

1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 7582 pts

2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 6130

3. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 4708

4. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 4510

5. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 4310

6. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3760

7. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3455

8. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 3396

9. Iga Swiatek (POL) 3286 (+1)

10. Paula Badosa (ESP) 3224 (+1)

11. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 3076 (+1)

12. Sofia Kenin (USA) 2971 (+3)

13. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 2956

14. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2855 (+2)

15. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2726 (-1)

16. Elise Mertens (BEL) 2690 (+2)

17. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2671 (-8)

18. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2660 (+1)

19. Jessica Pegula (USA) 2650 (+1)

20. Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2627 (+1)

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