This Wimbledon edition has been a huge disaster for the previous finalists. Serena Williams (2019 runner-up) and Simona Halep (the defending champion) could not defend the points they gained in 2019.
Simona Halep could not even play this year in Wimbledon because she was struggling with a calf injury. Serena Williams had to retire after 6 games when she played the first round against Aliaksandra Sasnovich because of a hamstring injury.
LIVE RANKINGS DISASTER
Serena Williams and Simona Halep collapsed in the live rankings. Serena is now ranked the number 16 after losing 8 positions and her ranking can fall even further. Simona Halep is now ranked number 8 after losing 3 positions in the live rankings.
These are the updated live rankings.
Serena Williams in 2021
At the moment ranked no.8, Serena played her last match on the 29th of June when she had to retire when playing against world no.100 Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 1st round and the scoreline was 3-3 .
Currently, during this season Serena owns a compiled 12-5 record. Serena Williams’s best achievement of this season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and at the Australian Open.
Simona Halep in 2021
Currently the world no.3, Simona played her last match on the 12th of May when she had to retire when playing against world no.28 Angelique Kerber in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 1-6 3-3 .
This season Halep achieved a compiled 11-5 record. Simona Halep’s most significant result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Stuttgart.
Serena Williams and Simona Halep faced off 12 times. Their current record is 10-2 for Williams. Previously, the last time when they played, Serena Williams won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 16th of February 2021.
Here the highlights.
Serena Williams and Simona Halep |
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