Simona Halep, temporarily suspended for doping, continues to lose places in the WTA ranking. The former world leader is ranked 31st in the Live rankings and will be overtaken by another athlete from Romania.

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Simona Halep will surpass Soran Kirstea in the WTA ranking

After qualifying in the second round of WTA Rome (1000 category tournament), Sorana Kirstya will climb five places in the world ranking and overtake Simona Halep.

Sorana is currently (she can still move up depending on the route from the Foro Italico) in 29th place with 1327 points, while Simona is in 31st, but she can still lose places in the hierarchy depending on the results of the other athletes.

Players from Romania in the TOP-200 WTA

26 Iryna Begu 1452 points (+1 place)

29 Sorana Cîrstea 1327 (+5)

31 Simona Halep 1290 (-1)

57 Ana Bohdan 916 (+2)

148 Jacqueline Christian 451 (+11)

153 Gabriela Ruse 435 (-1).

Know:

• Romania still has four athletes in the WTA Rome main draw, our players have qualified for the second round.

Sorana Cîrstea vs Jelena Ostapenko (favorite 20)

Iryna Begu (31) vs. Xiu Wang

Ana Bohdan vs. Caroline Garcia (5)

Gabriela Rous vs. Beatrice Haddad Maia (12)

WTA Rome takes place from May 9 to 20 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. His total prize money is $3,572,618 and is in the “WTA 1000” category. Iga Svyatek became the champion of the last two competitions.