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Naomi Osaka still atop WTA rankings, Mertens drops two places

Belgian Elise Mertens dropped two places to 20th after being knocked out of the first round of the Madrid Open on Sunday.

Published : May 06, 2019 16:21 IST , Paris

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Japan's Naomi Osaka remained atop of WTA rankings released on Monday, ahead of Czech Petra Kvitova and Romanian Simona Halep.

The largely unchanged top 20 saw Belgian Elise Mertens drop two places to 20th after being knocked out of the first round of the Madrid Open on Sunday by Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, 103rd in the world.

 

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