It’s not too wild to share that the anticipated Wimbledon final 8 were not necessarily synonymous with current rankings and performance projections. After all, whilst 75% of WTA tour players were seeded and the remaining 25% surprise-packets, only 25% of these players collectively held a ranking inside the Top 10. On that merit, 75% of these players were not anticipated to progress to the Final 8 whereby simple dedication the Top 8 players should be left standing. But that rarely happens. And on this point alone is cause for concern — why a player’s ability to uphold their level of play throughout a given season is so problematic when they’re ranked inside the Top 10. The good news is that this isn’t always the case, but given 50% of Top 10 players prior to these Championships were not aligned with their respective ranking i.e. their level of play, this really underscores why only 25% of players were inside the Top 10 and when it came down to the Final 4, sure the respective 25% came through to make it look a little more substantial with 50% holding this key ranking range. Yet, the final delivered another 50% metric…
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