MOSCOW, Aug 15 Russian Daria Kasatkina has dropped one line in the Women's ranking Tennis Association (WTA), an updated version of which is published on the website of the organization. Kasatkina (10th place) remains the first racket of Russia. Veronika Kudermetova has moved down two lines and is in 20th place, Ekaterina Alexandrova has moved up one position and is in 27th place. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who ended the season early due to injury, fell out of the top 100 and now occupies 107th place. Pole Iga Swiatek retains her leadership in the ranking.WTA Ranking of August 15:1 (1). Iga Swiatek (Poland) — 8501 points; 2 (2). Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) — 4476;3 (4). Maria Sakkari (Greece) — 4190;4 (3). Paula Badosa (Spain) — 4155;5 (5). Ons Jaber (Tunisia) — 3920;6 (15). Simona Halep (Romania) — 3255;7 (6). Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) — 3121;8 (7). Jessica Pegula (USA) — 3116;9 (8). Garbine Muguruza (Spain) — 2990;10 (9). Daria Kasatkina (Russia) — 2795;20 (18). Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) — 2161…27 (28). Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) — 1691 … 45 (42). Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia) — 1191…54 (48). Anastasia Potapova (Russia) — 1061…60 (62). Varvara Gracheva (Russia) — 934…69 (69). Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) — 873…107 (95). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) — 602.
