He hasn’t played in a few months, but moved up one spot in the WTA rankings on Monday. We are talking about Simona Halep, an athlete who is ranked 54th in the world this week. Sorana Kirstya became the athlete from Romania with the best rating, overtaking Iryna Bega.

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Sorana Kirstya, the first racket from Romania in the WTA ranking

Kirstia remains in 32nd place, but became the highest-ranked player from Romania this week. WTA 125 Iasi winner Ana Bohdan is at a career-best position of 39, while Simona Halep (although she is not playing because of a doping ban) has moved up one place in the rankings.

32 Sorana Kirstea 1316 pts

39 Ana Bohdan 1214 (+10)

41 Iryna Begu 1197 (-10)

54 Simona Halep 1000 (+1)

121 Jacqueline Christian 609 (+2)

161 Olena Gabriela Ruse 446 (-3)

219 Iryna Bara 332 (-1)

224 Miriam Bulgaru 328 (-9)

262 Alexander Kadanta 271 (-17), etc.

Iga Svyatek, leader of the WTA ranking

1 Iga Svyatek 9315 points

2 Aryna Sabalenko 8845

3 Olena Rybakina 5465

4 Jessica Pegula 5395

5 Caroline Garcia 4865

6 Ons Jabeur 4846

7 Coco Gauf 3390

8 Petra Kvitova 3341

9 Maria Sakkari 3310

10 Marketa Vondrousova 3106

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44 Bianca Andreescu 1156

131 Emma Radukanu 548