Rankings Rockets: Azarenka, Vondrousova receive boosts
Stuttgart quarterfinalist Victoria Azarenka and Istanbul finalist Marketa Vondrousova are among the players making moves in this week's WTA Rankings.
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Stuttgart champion Petra Kvitova is back up to World No.2, just 136 points shy of Naomi Osaka at World No.1 (Getty)
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Istanbul champion Petra Martic has compiled a 9-1 record on clay so far in 2019, and moves back up to World No.36 (Istanbul Cup)
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A battling run to the Istanbul semifinals has seen Barbora Strycova rebound to World No.39 (Istanbul Cup)
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Istanbul runner-up Marketa Vondrousova hits a new career high at World No.40 (Istanbul Cup)
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Anning champion Zheng Saisai rises back to World No.46 after claiming her third career WTA 125K title (Getty)
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Victoria Azarenka fought off jetlag to make the Stuttgart quarterfinals and re-enter the Top 50 (Getty)
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A maiden clay semifinal for Margarita Gasparyan in Istanbul sees the Russian return to her highest ranking in three years (Istanbul Cup)
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A semifinal at the Charlottesville ITF W80 event has raised 18-year-old Kaja Juvan to a career high at World No.127 (Getty)
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19-year-old Elena Rybakina made her second WTA quarterfinal as a qualifier in just her fourth main draw in Istanbul (Istanbul Cup)
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16-year-old Charlottesville ITF W80 champion Whitney Osuigwe soars to a new career high of World No.139 (Getty)
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Greet Minnen qualified and notched up a maiden Top 50 win over Dominika Cibulkova in Stuttgart, and has climbed over 150 places in the past four months (Getty)
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18-year-old Anning semifinalist Liang En-Shuo has cracked the Top 200, having debuted on the WTA Rankings just 53 weeks ago (Getty)
