A rising star in American tennis currently holds the top spot in the Women’s 2024 Summer Olympics standings.
This much-anticipated sporting extravaganza is set to take place in Paris from July 26 to August 11 next year. Coco Gauff, widely recognized as one of the most promising young female players on the professional circuit, leads the Women’s Olympic race with an impressive 4,200 points.
The 19-year-old has recently won her maiden Grand Slam after beating the current world number one Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the US Open with a score of 2–6, 6–3, 6–2.
Gauff is comfortably sitting at the very top as her closest rival is the former world number one and current world number two Poland’s Iga Swiatek who just has 2,860 points.
Third in the list features the Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova with 2,835 points. She has recently won her first Grand Slam after beating Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in the final with a score of 6-4, 6-4.
Interestingly, the current top-ranked WTA player Sabalenka is placed fourth on the list with just 2,805 points.
America’s Jessica Pegula is fifth on the list with 2,495 points whereas Jabeur is sixth with 2,337 points to her name.
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