Tennis: Azarenka becomes World No.14

Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka has gone up from the 16^th to the 14^th position in the WTA rankings. The updated rankings were published on February 1. Azarenka has gone up in the rankings thanks to her good performance at the Australian Open where she reached the quarterfinals.

American Serena Williams is still leading. German Angelique Kerber has gone up from the 7^th to the 2^nd position after defeating Williams in the Australian Open final. Romanian Simona Halep is in the the 3^rd position.

Belarusian Volha Havarstova has gone up from the 74^th to the 71th place. Aliaksandra Sasnovich has made it to the top-100 – she is the World No.99 now (up from the 105^th place).