On the grass courts of London came to the end of the first week of the Championships, Wimbledon – women decided all participants of the 1/8 finals.
The struggle at the Wimbledon continues eight players of the top 10 sowing. Dropped only the third racket of the world Carolina Pliskova, who lost the offender Lesia Tsurenko, Magdalena Rybarikova and eighth seeded Dominika Cibulkova, which in the 1/8 finals didn’t let Ana Groom.
Only three supernumerary 1/8 finals of Wimbledon are seeded players – this is the aforementioned Rybarikova and Groom, as well as the ex-first racket of the world Victoria Azarenka, who before Wimbledon resumed her career after a year’s maternity leave.
Additional intrigue Wimbledon supports the struggle for the status of the first racket of the world. Left the tournament Karolina Pliskova will be the leader of the WTA rankings if Simona Halep will make it to the semifinals and Angelique Kerber will not reach the final.
So, in the 1/8 finals formed the following pairs:
Angelique Kerber (Germany, 1) – Garbine Muguruza (Spain, 14)
Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland, 9) – Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia, 7)
Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) – Petra Martic (Croatia)
Coco Vandeweghe (USA, 24) – Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark, 5)
Ana Groom (Croatia, 27) – Venus Williams (USA, 10)
Elena Ostapenko (Latvia, 13) Vs. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 4)
Johanna Konta (Great Britain, 6) – Caroline Garcia (France, 21)
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) – Simona Halep (Romania, 2)
All the matches of the 1/8 finals of Wimbledon will be played next Monday, the tenth of July.
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