Tennis Tennis Halep still leads rankings while Mertens moves up There was no change in the top 10 as No.3 Garbine Muguruza and No.7 Karolina Pliskova made first round exits in Birmingham AFP Paris 25 June, 2018 15:27 IST Simona Halep, who was not in action last week, retained her comfortable lead in the WTA rankings ahead of Carolina Wozniacki - AFP AFP Paris 25 June, 2018 15:27 IST With Wimbledon looming, Simona Halep, who was not in action last week, retained her comfortable lead in the WTA rankings ahead of Carolina Wozniacki, who also did not play.There was no change in the top 10 as No.3 Garbine Muguruza and No.7 Karolina Pliskova made first round exits in Birmingham, while No. 5 Elina Svitolina only reached the last eight.Petra Kvitova gained no points for winning the event because she was the defending champion.Lower down the list Elise Mertens jumps two places to No. 15 despite also making a first-round exit in the Birmingham singles.Rankings1. Simona Halep (ROM) 7970 pts2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 67453. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 65504. Sloane Stephens (USA) 54635. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 52506. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 49607. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 46858. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 46109. Venus Williams (USA) 397110. Madison Keys (USA) 353611. Angelique Kerber (GER) 346012. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 339213. Julia Gorges (GER) 321014. Darya Kasatkina (RUS) 312515. Elise Mertens (BEL) 2635 (+2)16. CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 2603 (-1)17. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 2390 (-1)18. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 235019. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 231020. Kiki Bertens (NED) 2090 (+1) Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address.