Anas Jaber falls to third place in the world (Robert Prang / Getty)
Although the Tunisian star Anas Jaber I left a week ago Australian Open Tennis Championship Since the second round, following her defeat by the Czech player Marketa Vondrousova, ranked 86th in the world, with two sets to one, the repercussions of the defeat are still continuing.
Today, Thursday, the Arab star officially lost her second place in the world ranking of professional tennis players, which will be officially issued next Monday, following the victory of Belarusian Arina Sabalenka, ranked fifth in the world, in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, over Polish Magda Linette, with a score of two sets without a response. 7/6 and 6/2.
With this victory, Sabalenka, who will play the first final match in her career for a major tournament, secured second place from Anas Jaber, whatever the outcome of the final round match that will bring together, on Saturday, the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the defending Wimbledon champion, who defeated the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka.
The Belarusian player reached the 5400 point in the ranking table, while Jaber has only 5210 points, and if Sabalenka wins in the final confrontation, she will reach the 6400 point, and increases the difference more than the Tunisian player in the ranking led by the Polish Iga Schwyntek, whose score is 10485 points.
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— wta (@WTA) January 26, 2023
