MOSCOW, Jan 31 Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova dropped to 14th place in rating of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), an updated version of which is published on the official website of the organization. Pavlyuchenkova lost three lines in the list of the best tennis players on the planet, but remained the first racket of Russia. Daria Kasatkina moved to 22nd place, Veronika Kudermetova — to 29th, Lyudmila Samsonova — to 35th. Ashleigh Barty from Australia, who defeated American Danielle Collins last week in the final of the Australian Open with a score of 6:3, maintains her leadership in the ranking, 7:6 (7:2). Collins has climbed 20 positions at once and is now in tenth place. 2021 Australian Open winner Japan's Naomi Osaka has dropped from 14th to 85th. WTA Ranking, January 31 version: 1 (1). Ashleigh Barty (Australia) — 8,331 points; 2 (2). Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) — 5,698;3 (4). Barbora Kreychikova (Czech Republic) — 5,533;4 (9). Iga Swiatek (Poland) — 4 456; 5 (5). Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) — 4 452;6 (6). Paula Badosa (Spain) — 4 429; 7 (3). Garbine Muguruza (Spain) — 4 195; 8 (8). Maria Sakkari (Greece) — 4,071;9 (7). Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) — 3 871;10 (30). Daniel Collins (USA) — 3071…
