Simona Halep's defeat to Johanna Konta at Wimbledon has confirmed Karolina Pliskova's status as the new world No.1 amid a power vacuum at the top of women's tennis.
The absence of the pregnant Serena Williams from the WTA Tour has left a clutch of evenly matched players vying for honours, with the unheralded Jelena Ostapenko capturing an unexpected French Open crown at Roland Garros last month.
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The Latvian was duly eliminated from Wimbledon by 37-year-old Venus Williams in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, a result followed swiftly by Konta's victory over Romanian Halep, who is another player with designs on top spot.
Ironically, that result sees Pliskova displace Germany's Angelique Kerber despite the Czech falling in the second round at the All England Club to a resurgent Magdalena Rybarikova.
The absence of the pregnant Serena Williams from the WTA Tour has left a clutch of evenly matched players vying for honours, with the unheralded Jelena Ostapenko capturing an unexpected French Open crown at Roland Garros last month.
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The Latvian was duly eliminated from Wimbledon by 37-year-old Venus Williams in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, a result followed swiftly by Konta's victory over Romanian Halep, who is another player with designs on top spot.
Pliskova, Halep and Kerber. Image: Getty
Ironically, that result sees Pliskova displace Germany's Angelique Kerber despite the Czech falling in the second round at the All England Club to a resurgent Magdalena Rybarikova.
