Quebec’s Leylah Fernandez has moved closer to the top 30 in the world of women’s tennis after climbing five rungs in the latest WTA Tour rankings update on Monday.

Despite her defeat in the second round of the Dubai tournament against world No. 1, Poland’s Iga Swiatek, the player from Belle province is now 32. So next week’s event in Indian Wells, California should be in good spirits .

Behind Swiatek, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, American Jessica Pegula, Tunisian Ons Jabeur and French Caroline Garcia complete the top five. Bianca Andreescu (35th) and Rebecca Marino (74th) are the other Maple Leaf athletes in the world top 100, while Eugenie Bouchard is ranked 318th.

Historical achievement

In the men’s category, Félix Auger-Aliassime retained his ninth place in the ATP, but above all it should be borne in mind that the Serbian Novak Djokovic is still in charge, who is going into his 378th week at the top. At the same time, he surpassed Steffi Graf’s mark in total weeks in leadership positions, for both men and women. At the ATP he had already beaten Roger Federer (310).

“Obviously I’ve been able to accomplish many feats of arms thanks to the love and strength you’ve given me over the years,” Djokovic said in a video for his followers, as reported by the ATP website. The most recent record broken […] was founded by one of the greatest and most legendary tennis players, Steffi Graf. I am flattered, happy and very proud of this achievement.”

The “Djoker” is followed in the current ranking by the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the Norwegian Casper Ruud. In addition, the American Taylor Fritz moved up two places and is now fifth. Ontarian Denis Shapovalov has lost three ranks and is in 30th place.