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Tuesday 16 July 2019

Wimbledon champ Halep up to No. 4, Serena No. 9; Gauff 141st

By HOWARD FENDRICH reaching the fourth round.
AP Tennis Writer That is when Gauff lost to
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) eventual champion Halep.
— Simona Halep's Wimble- Two other big jumps came
don championship lifted from Barbora Strycova of
her from No. 7 to No. 4 in the Czech Republic and
the WTA rankings on Mon- Lauren Davis of the U.S.
day, while runner-up Sere- The 33-year-old Strycova
na Williams moved up one became the oldest first-
spot to No. 9, her best plac- time Grand Slam semifinal-
ing since returning to the ist in the professional era
tour last season after hav- before losing to Williams,
ing a baby. allowing her to move up 22
Halep beat Williams in Sat- places to No. 32. Strycova
urday's final with surprising also took over at No. 1 in
ease, 6-2, 6-2. the doubles rankings on
Coco Gauff's magical run Monday by winning that
from a wild-card entry in title at Wimbledon.
qualifying all the way to After losing in qualifying, Winner Romania's Simona Halep and second placed United States' Serena Williams, right, pose
the fourth round at the All Davis made it into the main with their trophies after the women's singles final match on day twelve of the Wimbledon Tennis
England Club allowed her draw when someone else Championships in London, Saturday, July 13, 2019.
to move into the WTA's top withdrew. She then elimi- Associated Press
150 for the first time. nated Angelique Kerber in
The 15-year-old American the second round to be- Ash Barty remains at No. 13-12 (3) victory over Roger career high. Daniil Medve-
rose 172 places to No. 141 come the first "lucky loser" 1 in singles, followed by Federer on Sunday in the dev's third-round showing
from No. 313 before the to beat a defending cham- two-time major champion longest final in tournament let him crack the top 10
tournament. Gauff was the pion at a major in the pro- Naomi Osaka and Karolina history. Rafael Nadal is No. for the first time at No. 10;
youngest player to ever fessional era and went up Pliskova. 2 and Federer is No. 3. he was ranked 13th before
qualify for the main draw 13 spots to 75th. Wimbledon men's champ Roberto Bautista Agut, Wimbledon. Sam Querrey,
at Wimbledon, then beat Kerber dropped from No. 5 Novak Djokovic stayed who lost to Djokovic in the beaten by Nadal in the
five-time champion Ve- to 13th. atop the ATP rankings after semifinals, went from No. quarterfinals, lifted his rank-
nus Williams on the way to French Open champion his 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 22 to No. 13, equaling his ing by 26 spots to No. 39.q