AFP22 October 2024 | 3:43

Sabalenka returns to rankings summit after Swiatek dominance

The 26-year-old jumped above Poland's French Open champion Iga Swiatek thanks to year-end adjustments in the standings.

Sabalenka returns to rankings summit after Swiatek dominance

Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka holds up the trophy after defeating USA's Jessica Pegula during their women's final match on day thirteen of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on 7 September 2024. Picture: AFP

PARIS - Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka said on Monday she hopes to stay at the top of the world rankings a little longer than last time after returning to the number one WTA spot.

The 26-year-old jumped above Poland's French Open champion Iga Swiatek thanks to year-end adjustments in the standings.

This season's US and Australian Open champion Sabalenka spent just eight weeks at the top of the rankings in September 2023.

"N1...," she said on X, formerly Twitter.

"Let's see for how long this time," she added.

Sabalenka has lost just one match since mid-August in a run which included her success at Flushing Meadows and her next tournament could be the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia on November 2-9.

Swiatek, who won her third straight Roland Garros title in June, had held the top ranking since late last year.