RANKINGS. Naomi Osaka only world no.2 after Barty. Serena Williams back in top10

Naomi Osaka has just conquered her 2nd Australian Open and 4th career slam. The Japanese champion displayed incredible solid tennis and she is widely considered more and more the face of WTA tennis and the player to beat.

Rankings

Naomi holds 2 slams right now and for some weird reasons, she is ranked only no.2 in the world after Ashleigh Barty that holds only 1 minor title. The Australian in the last year and a half won just 2 minor titles: one in Adelaide and the other one in Melbourne (the Yarra Classic). See titles.

The reason for this discrepancy is that the WTA decided to protect the rankings because of the pandemic, which made sense until a certain point.

Serena Williams

The American legend didn’t manage to win the Australian Open to instead lose in the semifinal to Naomi Osaka. After her run, she is back in the top10 to be ranked no.7

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Naomi Osaka in 2021

At the moment ranked no.2, Osaka played her last match on the 20^th of February when she overcame Jennifer Brady 6-4 6-3 in the final of the Australian Open to win her 7^th career title.

This year the Japanese owns an overall 10-0 win-loss record. The Japanese clinched 1 title at the Australian Open.

Ashleigh Barty in 2021

Ranked world no.1, Ashleigh played her last match on the 17^th of February when she was overcome by Karolina Muchova 1-6 6-3 6-2 in the quarter of the Australian Open (draw).

This year Ashleigh has achieved a compiled 8-1 record. Ashleigh clinched 1 title in Melbourne.

Naomi Osaka and Ashleigh Barty squared off 4 times. Their head to head is 2-2. Previously, the last time when they fought against each other, Naomi Osaka won 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the final in Beijing (China Open) in October 2019.

You can watch the highlights in the following video.

Serena Williams in 2021

Currently the world no.7, the American played her last match on the 18^th of February when she lost to Naomi Osaka 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal of the Australian Open (draw).

At present, during this year Serena Williams has a 8-1 win-loss record. Serena Williams’s most significant performance of the present season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and at the Australian Open.