Romanian tennis player Sorana C\u00eerstea jumped 41 places in the official Women\u2019s Tennis Association – WTA ranking after winning the Cleveland tournament, which took place between August 16 and 23.<\/p>\n
The Romanian bested Anna Li 6-2, 6-4 in the Cleveland final, winning her third career WTA singles title.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a wonderful week,\u201d Cirstea said after the match. \u201cFrom the first match of qualies, I felt the energy, I felt welcome, and I really loved the city and the vibe,” according to the WTA site<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n As a result of her victory and subsequent rise in the ranking, the 35-year-old Romanian tennis player was listed in the WTA category of \u201cthe highest\u201d climb in the world ranking.\u00a0She is now ranked 71, with 18 tournaments played and 928 total points gathered.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jaqueline Cristian is the Romanian female tennis player with the best ranking at the moment, namely 50. Other Romanian tennis players in the WTA top 100 are Gabriela Ruse (position 70) and Irina Begu (position 92).\u00a0<\/p>\n At the opposite pole from Sorana C\u00eerstea is Ana Bogdan: she lost 64 places and is one step away from leaving the WTA top 300.<\/p>\n Overall, Belarusian player Aryna Sabalenka leads the global ranking<\/a> with 11,225 points, followed by Iga Swiatek with 7,933 points and Coco Gauff with 7,874 points.<\/p>\n