MOSCOW, Oct 10 Russian Ekaterina Aleksandrova moved up one position to rank 20th 1st place in the ranking of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), an updated version of which is published on the website of the organization. The first racket of Russia was Daria Kasatkina, who is on the 11th line of the world ranking. Veronika Kudermetova kept 12th place, Lyudmila Samsonova lost one position and became 23rd. The rating is still headed by the Polish Iga Shventek. Alexandrova last week reached the semi-finals of the WTA 500 category tournament in Ostrava, Czech Republic, where Shventek lost. The 27-year-old Russian entered the top 20 of the world rankings for the first time in her career.WTA rankings of October 10:1 (1). Iga Swiatek (Poland) — 10485 points; 2 (2). Ons Jaber (Tunisia) — 4885; 3 (3). Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) — 4010;4 (4). Paula Badosa (Spain) — 3934;5 (5). Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) — 3470;6 (6). Jessica Pegula (USA) — 3447;7 (7). Maria Sakkari (Greece) — 3355;8 (8). Corey Gauff (USA) — 3047;9 (9). Simona Halep (Romania) — 3025;10 (10). Caroline Garcia (France) — 2930;11 (11). Daria Kasatkina (Russia) — 2895;12 (12). Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) — 2571…20 (21). Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) — 2105;23 (22). Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia) — 1937…48 (51). Anastasia Potapova (Russia) — 1046…58 (58). Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) — 971.
