MOSCOW, Sep 26 Russian Veronika Kudermetova has moved up one position and is now on the ninth line in the championship race of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), an updated version of which is published on the official website of the organization. On Saturday, Kudermetova lost to Chinese Zheng Qinwen in the semi-finals of the WTA 500 category tournament in Tokyo. Poland's Iga Swiontek remains the leader of the season. Russian Daria Kasatkina retained the seventh line. Lyudmila Samsonova moved up to 19th position, Ekaterina Alexandrova — to 20th. Anastasia Potapova dropped to 43rd place, Anna Kalinskaya — to 61st. Varvara Gracheva continues to take 81st place, and Kamilla Rakhimova — 92nd.WTA Champions Race, version of September 26:1 (1). Iga Swiatek (Poland) — 9560 points; 2 (2). Ons Gill (Tunisia) — 4496; 3 (3). Jessica Pegula (USA) — 3232;4 (4). Corey Gauff (USA) — 2983;5 (5). Caroline Garcia (France) — 2896;6 (6). Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) — 2871;7 (7). Daria Kasatkina (Russia) — 2831;8 (8). Simona Halep (Romania) — 2661;9 (10). Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) — 2497;10 (9). Maria Sakkari (Greece) — 2358…19 (24). Ludmila Samsonova (Russia) — 1806…20 (21). Ekaterina Aleksandrova (Russia) — 1755…43 (42). Anastasia Potapova (Russia) — 1017…61 (60). Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) — 671…81 (81). Varvara Gracheva (Russia) — 476…92 (92). Kamilla Rakhimova (Russia) — 389.
