Ashleigh Barty stays atop WTA rankings

Ashleigh Barty has stayed on top of the latest world tennis rankings, released on Monday by the WTA.

Australia’s French Open winner has 6605 points to lead Japan’s Naomi Osaka on 6257. Wimbledon champion Simona Halep is on 6055 in fourth.

The top 10 is unchanged while Briton Johanna Konta moves up one spot to 14th.

WTA TOP 10 AS OF JULY 29 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

* 1. (1) Ashleigh Barty, Australia, 6605 points

* 2. (2) Naomi Osaka, Japan, 6257

* 3. (3) Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6055

* 4. (4) Simona Halep, Romania, 5933

* 5. (5) Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 5130

* 6. (6) Petra Kvitova, Chech Republic, 4785

* 7. (7) Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 4638

* 8. (8) Sloane Stephens, United States, 3802

* 9. (9) Serena Williams, United States, 3411

* 10. (10) Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, 3365.

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