While the ATP turned its attention to Davis Cup last week, the WTA had three events on its calendar to follow the US Open. Several players continued the good form they showed in Flushing, and used the momentum to propel themselves up the rankings this week. 

On the back of her first WTA title in three years, Sabine Lisicki made her return to the WTA's top 25 this week. Lisicki, a wildcard entry into the inaugural Hong Kong Open, defeated Karolina Pliskova in straight sets to claim her first WTA title since winning the now-defunct Texas Tennis Open in Dallas in 2011. Lisicki, who was ranked No. 31 coming into the event, moves up seven spots to No. 24. Pliskova built on the good form she showed in Flushing in an upset of Ana Ivanovic and also reaches a new career-high; she rises four spots from No. 36 to No. 32. 

In Tashkent, Italy's Karin Knapp picked her her first career WTA title by defeating defending champion Bojana Jovanovski in straight sets. Knapp, who reached her first final since losing to Justine Henin in Antwerp in 2008, rises nearly 30 spots from No. 89 to No. 62.

Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, who peaked at a career-high of No. 60 last year, returned to the top 100 this week on the back of semifinal showing in Tashkent. Tsurenko, who struggled with injuries and loss of form for much of this season, qualified in the Uzbek capital and defeated US Open darling Aleksandra Krunic, No. 2 seed Irina-Camelia Begu and Ksenia Pervak before falling to Knapp. Tsurenko is one of the WTA's biggest ranking movers as a result, rising from No. 124 to No. 98.

Halfway around the world in Quebec, Mirjana Lucic-Baroni continued to turn back the clock; after qualifying and reaching the fourth round of the US Open, Lucic-Baroni went all the way to the title in Canada. Her defeat of Venus Williams in the final bumps her up from No. 80 to No. 56. Lucic-Baroni has more than halved her ranking in the past three weeks; heading into the US Open, she was ranked No. 121.

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