Ash Barty has the 辛勝する／優位 for the heavyweight Wimbledon women's （テニスなどの）シングルス 半分-決勝戦, but the World No 1 直面するs a 堅い 実験（する） in the canny Angelique Kerber... while Karolina Pliskova and Aryna Sabalenka's match-up has all the makings of a classic

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After the underdogs had their day in Paris, at Wimbledon the apex predators have bitten 支援する.

At the French Open there were four first-time Grand 激突する 半分-finalists, with 非，不，無 階級d above 18 in the world. A month later at the 選手権s, the last four is made up of the first and second seeds and two former world No 1s.

Thursday's first 半分-final sees major 支持する／優勝者s 直面する off: Ash Barty v Angelique Kerber. In the second, it's the finest players in the world without a 激突する 肩書を与える: Karolina Pliskova v Aryna Sabalenka.

World No 1 Ash Barty remains the 会社／堅い favourite to （人命などを）奪う，主張する the Wimbledon women's （テニスなどの）シングルス 肩書を与える

As she was before the tournament began, Australia's Barty is favourite for the 肩書を与える, and the world No 1 traced her 改良 支援する to 早期に 2018 and 敗北・負かす in the Sydney International final to the player she 直面するs next.

'I remember that match 井戸／弁護士席,' said the 25-year-old. 'I remember feeling like my level was の近くに, but it wasn't good enough, there was that extra step that I needed to take to compete with someone of Angie's calibre.

'She competes for every 選び出す／独身 point. She's won Grand 激突するs. She knows how to hang 堅い in 残虐な moments. That was a bit of a reset knowing I'm not far off, but I'm not there yet.'

Barty 直面するs?Angelique Kerber next and traces her rise 支援する to a loss against her in 早期に 2018

Kerber has fallen to 28th in the 最高位のs but is 確かな to 証明する difficult to put away for Barty

She is certainly there now. Within 18 months of that Sydney loss she had gone from 19 in the world to No 1 and become a major 支持する／優勝者 at the 2019 French Open.

Kerber has been 傾向ing in the opposite direction. From 存在 fifth in the world the last time Wimbledon was 行う／開催する／段階d she is 負かす／撃墜する at 28.

But on home 国／地域 in Bad Homburg last month the German won her first 肩書を与える since Wimbledon 2018, まっただ中に a run of 10 straight grass-法廷，裁判所 勝利，勝つs which has taken her within striking distance of a fourth Grand 激突する.

Kerber is a canny 操作者 and devilishly difficult to put away on this surface; Barty will have to 証明する how far she has come since that day in Sydney.

Aryna Sabalenka (pictured) takes on Karolina Pliskova in the second 半分-final tie on Thursday

The 衝突／不一致 has the 可能性のある to be a classic with both Sabalenka and Pliskova (above) impressing

The other 半分-final will be an altogether いっそう少なく subtle 事件／事情／状勢. Sabalenka, 23, and Pliskova, 29, will 解雇する／砲火／射撃 off their big guns and see who is standing when the smoke （疑いを）晴らすs.

Both players reached an astonishingly high level in their ４半期/4分の1-final matches so this has the 可能性のある to be a classic.?

No 2 seed Sabalenka starts as favourite まっただ中に an 優れた season, but this could come 負かす／撃墜する to who can しっかり掴む their few break point chances まっただ中に the 一斉射撃，（質問などの）連発／ダム of エースs.