Swiatek praised her opponent<\/a> after beating her at the weekend, and it would appear that the Polish player is in fine form ahead of the China Open. <\/p>\n Swiatek lost to Amanda Anisimova<\/a> at the US Open<\/a> just a month or so after thrashing her 6-0, 6-0 in the All England Club final. <\/p>\n Swiatek\u2019s coach admitted there were problems<\/a> for her at the US Open, but now it would appear she\u2019s back on track after her latest win. <\/p>\n Shortly after a semifinal exit at the French Open, Swiatek slipped to seventh in the WTA rankings<\/a>, and for a player of her quality, that simply won\u2019t do. <\/p>\n A solid second half of 2025 has propelled her back into second place, overtaking Roland Garros<\/a> winner Coco Gauff and steamrolling ahead of her. <\/p>\n Gauff has taken some time to work on her serve, and ultimately, that has seen her lose grip on the place directly under Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> at the top of the rankings. <\/p>\n Swiatek will now have ambitions to get even closer to Sabalenka before the year is out, having been number one previously. <\/p>\n The new WTA Rankings after the Korea Open<\/p>\n Swiatek remains in second place but has crucially now got a nice lead over Gauff going into the next tournaments. <\/p>\n It\u2019s been a brilliant second half of the year for Swiatek, and on the whole, it\u2019s hardly been a bad one for the player who is a six-time Grand Slam champion. <\/p>\n RankPlayer Pointa1Aryna Sabalenka112252Iga Swiatek84333Coco Gauff78744Amanda Anisimova51095Mirra Andreeva47936Madison Keys45797Jessica Pegula43838Jasmine Paolini40069Qinwen Zheng400310Elena Rybakina3833<\/p>\n![\"Iga](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236548633-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Chung Sung-Jun\/Getty ImagesIga Swiatek pushes further clear of Coco Gauff in the latest rankings<\/p>\n