#2. Simona Halep
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The Romanian has been in terrific form this year so far and was on the brink of reaching the No.1 ranking at the French Open only to lose in the final against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko. Prior to Wimbledon, Halep reached the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne International where she was beaten by eventual runner-up Caroline Wozniacki despite winning the first set.
The World No.2 began her Wimbledon campaign by defeating Australian qualifier Maria Erakovic in the first round 6-4, 6-1. In the second round, Halep was up against World No.97 Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil where she won a hard fought first set 7-5 before comfortably clinching the second 6-3.
The 25-year old defeated Chinese Peng Shuai in the third round to set up a fourth round clash against former World No.1 Victoria Azarenka who was playing her first Grand Slam after coming back from her pregnancy break. The first set was pretty exciting with neither player showing any sign of giving in but it was the Romanian who won it in a tie-break.
The second set was pretty one-sided as the French Open runner-up totally outplayed the Belarusian to reach the quarter-finals where she will face Johanna Konta. Provided Halep beats Konta, she will overtake Angelique Kerber as the World No.1.
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