Iga Swiatek dismantled Jessica Pegula to progress to the semi-finals at the 2026 Italian Open, but how has the result affected the WTA Rankings?<\/p>\n
World No 3 Swiatek crushed fifth-ranked Pegula 6-1, 6-2 in the last eight at the WTA 1000 tournament at the Foro Italico in Rome.<\/p>\n
In a one-sided contest, Swiatek won 58 of the 90 points and broke Pegula twice in each set, while she did not face a single break point on her own serve.<\/p>\n
Speaking in her on-court interview, Swiatek<\/a> said: \u201cYeah, for sure, the stuff we did for the last weeks helped a lot. I feel much better and a lot of confidence on my shots.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I was using that from the beginning of the match today and putting pressure on Jessie. So I\u2019m really happy with the way I played.\u201d<\/p>\n Swiatek began the Italian Open on 6,948 points in the world No 3 position in the WTA Rankings.<\/p>\n The six-time Grand Slam champion was defending 65 points in Rome after she fell in the third round at last year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n Italian Open: Iga Swiatek reveals Francisco Roig\u2019s \u2018nice touch\u2019 as things start to click on clay<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n WTA Rankings: Sorana Cirstea closes in on career milestone as retirement fairytale continues<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n By reaching the semi-finals in Rome this year, Swiatek has collected 390 points, which has increased her points total to 7,273 in the Live WTA Rankings.<\/p>\n Swiatek\u2019s win against Pegula has ensured that she will retain the world No 3 spot when the WTA Rankings officially update next week. If she reaches the final, she will jump to 7,533 points, while winning the title would lift her to 7,883 points.<\/p>\n World No 4 Coco Gauff<\/a> began the event with 6,749 points, but she was defending 650 points having been a runner-up in 2025.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old American needed Swiatek to fall before the semi-finals to have a chance of overtaking the 24-year-old Pole.<\/p>\n Gauff is also through to the last four, and she is on 6,489 points in the Live WTA Rankings before her showdown with Sorana Cirstea. The two-time major winner will move to 6,749 points if she reaches the final, or 7,033 if she secures the title.<\/p>\n Pegula, meanwhile, will remain the world No 5 after her quarter-final exit. The 32-year-old American is on 6,286 points and needed to reach the last four to preserve her hopes of overtaking Gauff.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Aryna Sabalenka warned she has already created a big problem for herself at Roland Garros<\/a> The post Italian Open: How Iga Swiatek\u2019s win over Jessica Pegula affects WTA Rankings as Coco Gauff impacted<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iga Swiatek dismantled Jessica Pegula to progress to the semi-finals at the 2026 Italian Open, but how has the result affected the WTA Rankings? World No 3 Swiatek crushed fifth-ranked Pegula 6-1, 6-2 in the last eight at the WTA 1000 tournament at the Foro Italico in Rome. In a one-sided contest, Swiatek won 58 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}WTA Tour News<\/h2>\n
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