MOSCOW, Feb. 21 Russian Veronika Kudermetova set a personal best by climbing 25 1st place in the ranking of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the new version of which was published on Monday on the organization's website. Last week, Kudermetova reached the final of the tournament in Dubai, where she lost to Elena Ostapenko (6:0, 6:4 in favor of the Latvian) .The first racket of Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova lost one line and moved to 14th place. Daria Kasatkina remained 28th, Lyudmila Samsonova — 34th, and Ekaterina Aleksandrova moved up to 50th place. Australia's Ashleigh Barty maintains her lead in the rankings.WTA rankings as of February 21:1 (1). Ashleigh Barty (Australia) — 8,330 points; 2 (2). Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) — 5 563;3 (3). Barbora Kreychikova (Czech Republic) — 5,003;4 (5). Paula Badosa (Spain) — 4,429;5 (4). Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) — 4 347;6 (8). Maria Sakkari (Greece) — 4 191; 7 (6). Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) — 4 137; 8 (9). Iga Swiatek (Poland) — 3 936; 9 (7). Garbine Muguruza (Spain) — 3,350;10 (10). Uns Jabir (Tunisia) — 3,065;14 (13). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) — 2 528 … 25 (31). Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) — 1 880…28 (28). Daria Kasatkina (Russia) — 1 760 … 34 (34). Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia) — 1 532 … 50 (51). Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) — 1 106 … 72 (80). Varvara Gracheva (Russia) — 902…100 (102). Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) — 694.
