Ashleigh Barty became world no. 2
13, Jun 2019
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CONTEXT:
- Ashleigh Barty has risen to the no. 2 position from number eight in the latest Women’s TennisAssociation (WTA) rankings after winning the French Open title.
- She is now 136 points away from the number one ranked women’s tennis player Naomi Osaka (6486).
- Barty is the first Australian woman to win the French Open since Margaret Court in 1973.