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2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin reached her first French Open final after a landslide victory over Petra Kvitova.
The 2020 French Open has been a reverse journey for Kenin, who found himself in difficult situations on numerous occasions. But the American’s fighting spirit has not let her down. Regardless of the final result of the 2020 French Open, Kenin will re-enter the top 5 of the WTA rankings next week.
As a finalist, Kenin will add 1060 points to her ranking, which will take her above Karolina Pliskova and Elina Svitolina to fourth place. In addition, Naomi Osaka’s number three spot in the WTA ranking is also threatened by the young American.
What is the point difference between Sofia Kenin and Naomi Osaka in the WTA ranking?
Naomi Osaka became the world’s No. 3 after winning the 2020 US Open. Osaka has 5780 points and before the French Open, Kenin had 4700 points. If Kenin loses the French Open final, he will score 1,060 points and finish with 5,760 points, just 20 points behind Osaka. But if Kenin becomes the French Open champion, she will earn 1,760 points to finish with 6,460 points, propelling her to a career-high third place.
Kenin is defending just 240 points at the 2020 French Open when he reached the fourth round last year. The runner-up of a Grand Slam gets 1300 points; Therefore, you will earn 1060 points if you lose the final. Subsequently, the winner gets 2000 points, which means that Kenin will earn 1760 points if he wins the French Open.
Sofia Kenin’s ranking dropped after a tough season restart. She lost in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters and was ousted in the fourth round of the 2020 US Open.
This saw her fall to number 6 in the world. Kenin got off to an even worse start to the short clay court season, as Victoria Azarenka beat her at the Italian Open. But doing a Grand Slam champion performance at the 2020 French Open, Kenin has made her way to the final.
Kenin will play unseeded Iga Swiatek in the final of the French Open. Swiatek herself is making big leaps in the WTA rankings.
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