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Dayana Yastremska becomes first WTA player born in 2000s to enter Top 100

The post-Wimbledon WTA rankings are lifting runner-up Serena Williams an amazing 153 places back into the Top 30 and champion Angelique Kerber back into the Top 5, but what attracted my attention this Monday was that Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska became the first player born in 2000s to crack the Top 100.

At the age of 18 years and two months, Yastremska is debuting at a career-high ranking of No.100 after making the semifinals of a 100K tournament in Budapest, Hungary, the feat that followed her title run at a 60K event in Rome and runner-up finish at two 100K tournaments.