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Angelique Kerber out of Wimbledon, drops world No. 1 ranking

By Harry Floyd

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 10: Garbine Muguruza of Spain and Angelique Kerber of Germany shake hands after the Ladies Singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 10: Garbine Muguruza of Spain and Angelique Kerber of Germany shake hands after the Ladies Singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) /
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Angelique Kerber is eliminated from Wimbledon 2017 in the fourth round. With the loss, she also vacates the world No. 1 ranking.

Angelique Kerber falls to Garbine Muguruza in the fourth round of Wimbledon. With the loss, the world No. 1 ranking is up for grabs.

Now, either Simona Halep or Karolina Pliskova has a chance to take the top spot on the WTA Tour. Halep will become No. 1 with a semifinals appearance this week. She faces Victoria Azarenka today at Wimbledon.

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Kerber was the top seed at Wimbledon this year. The two-time Grand Slam singles champion was seeking her first ever title at Wimbledon. She will have to wait another year to try again.

Muguruza takes the fourth round meeting in three sets. She wins 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

The third and final set went fittingly back and forth until Muguruza pulled away in the final two games. It was clear that Kerber had lost the momentum and Muguruza capitalized. The Spanish-Venezuelan tennis star does have a French Open title to her name.

Currently, Muguruza is the current world No. 15 on the WTA Tour. She will likely rise in the rankings after the end of the week. The fourteenth seed may even walk away with another Grand Slam title if she can keep it up. Angelique Kerber took one set off of Muguruza. It is the only set the fourteenth seed has dropped so far at Wimbledon.

Up next for Muguruza is Svetlana Kuznetsova. The seventh seed took down Aga Radwanska at Wimbledon on Monday. She takes the match 6-2, 6-4 with ease. Also winning her fourth round match is French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko. She moves on to face American tennis star Venus Williams in the quarterfinals.

Stay tuned to see how the action in women’s singles unfolds. Play at Wimbledon will determine who will become the next world No. 1 on the WTA Tour.

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