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Ukraine’s No.1 tennis player Elina Svitolina climbed two positions to the fifth spot in the ranking of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) updated on August 19.

Svitolina (4,492 points) is ahead of Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic (4,485) and Kiki Bertens from the Netherlands (4,400), Ukrinform reports.

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