When we last checked on these players, most were ranked outside of the top 50. True to form, most of them are now either close or solidly in the top 50. The one player we did not mention nine months ago was Emma Raducanu. However, nobody could have predicted her rise...
Having just crashed out in the third round of the Tokyo Olympics, Naomi Osaka will be looking to defend her US Open title. It’s been quite a spring and summer for Osaka, beginning with her withdrawal from the French Open and Wimbledon. She hasn’t played that much...
The 2021 women’s French Open final will be contested between Pavlyuchenkova (31) and Krejcikova (33). Absolutely nobody would have predicted these two meeting in the final two weeks ago. Throughout the clay-court tune-ups leading to the French Open, the usual suspects...
