Tennis: Osaka set to regain world №1 ranking
TORONTO. KAZINFORM - Japan's Naomi Osaka will regain her status as the world's top-ranked women's tennis player on Monday, when she will overtake Australian Ashleigh Barty in the official WTA rankings, Kyodo reports.
Barty, who has held the No. 1 spot since late June,crashed out of this week's Rogers Cup in Toronto in the second round whileOsaka has advanced to a quarterfinals match against Serena Williams.
Meanwhile, world No. 3 Karolina Pliskova of the CzechRepublic suffered an upset defeat in the quarters on Friday, making itimpossible for her to catch or surpass Osaka in next week's rankings.
Osaka became world No. 1 after she followed lastyear's U.S. Open title with a championship in January's Australian Open andheld the top spot for 18 consecutive weeks.