Despite her 9-12 win-loss record this year, Emma Raducanu moves into the Top 10 for the first time in her career, while Wimbledon finalists Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur are not seeing ranking benefits from their career-best performances.
Tennis is going through the toughest period in recent history. First the coronavirus wreak havoc on the tennis calendar, as numerous tournaments were suspended, or at best rescheduled, plus, quarantines and other government-imposed procedures extremely complicated the lives of players and tournament organizers.
Just as we started breathing again after the pandemic has subsided, Russia invaded Ukraine and the conflict started affecting the tennis world as tournaments chose to sanction Russian and Belarusian players.