There were no changes in the top 20 of the WTA Rankings in the first week after the US Open, but several rising stars secured massive boosts with incredible performances at the Guadalajara Open and the SP Open.<\/p>\n
The biggest stars on the WTA Tour<\/a> all took a break after the season-ending Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows with world No 22 Elise Mertens the highest-ranked player in action last week, and she lost in the second round in Mexico, while world No 27 Beatriz Haddad Maia was the top-ranked player in action in Sao Paolo.<\/p>\n As a result, it is a case of as you were as Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> still leads the rankings by a massive 3,292 points from Iga Swiatek with Coco Gauff another 59 points adrift in third place.<\/p>\n Swiatek will have a chance to chip away<\/a> at that big lead as she will be in action at the WTA 500 Korea Open and she has no points to defend. Sabalenka and Gauff, meanwhile, will only return to action at the China Open next week.<\/p>\n Sabalenka has now spent 48 consecutive weeks at No 1 for a total of 56 weeks, which puts her at No 13 on the all-time list for most weeks at the top of the WTA Rankings, just eight weeks behind Simona Halep.<\/p>\n Back to the Guadalajara and SP events, the teenagers ruled at both tournaments as 17-year-old Iva Jovic was victorious in Mexico while 19-year-old Tiantsoa Rajaonah \u2013 who prefers Sarah Rajaonah \u2013 won in Brazil.<\/p>\n Jovic<\/a> defeated Emiliana Arango in the WTA 500 final and was rewarded with a 37-place surge to help her break into the top 50 for the first time. The American now sits at a new career-high of No 36. Arango has also secured a new high as she is up 33 spots to No 53.<\/p>\n The 19-year-old Nikola Bartunkova and 22-year-old Elsa Jacquemot lost in the semi-finals in Mexico and the former rose 84 places to No 144 while Frenchwoman Jacquemot is up 21 places to No 62.<\/p>\n WTA News<\/p>\n