Now all we need is for Radwanska to lose to McHale and the WTA will be in complete shambles. The past week and a bit have been embarassing and highlighted how weak the top 10 is.
Coming into the first slam of the year we have the following:
Kerber: 1 win, 2 losses. Already lost this week
Serena: 1 win, 1 loss
Radwanska: 2 wins, 1 loss, still in Sydney
Halep: 1 win, 1 loss
Pliskova: 5 wins, 0 losses
Cibulkova: 2 wins, 2 losses. Already lost this week.
Muguruza: 3 wins, 1 loss (retirement)
Keys: Absent
Kuznetsova: 3 wins, 2 losses. Already lost this week.
Konta: 4 wins, 1 loss, still in Sydney
Kvitova: Absent
Suarez Navarro: Absent
Svitolina: 3 wins, 1 loss
Azarenka: Absent
Bacszinsky: Absent
Venus: 1 win, then withdrew
Vesnina: 0 wins, 2 losses. Already lost this week.
Vinci: 3 wins, 2 losses. Already lost this week.
Strycova: 4 wins, 1 loss. Still in Sydney.
Wozniacki, 4 wins, 2 losses. Out of Sydney.
Stosur: 0 wins, 2 losses. Already lost this week.
Top form ladies.
5 of our top 21 players are injured/new mothers, 2 more remain winless for the season, 4 more have just one win (including three of the top 4 players) and 2 more have just 2 wins. And this is the top 20.
Currently, 4 out of the 5 QFists in Sydney are all unseeded. At least one more will join them (Coco or qualifier Duan). Don't even start me on Hobart where a lucky loser and qualifier are in the QF and we can't blame it on a weak draw because one of them defeated Petkovic and the other knocked out Mladenovic.
More depth at the bottom of the tour then at the top.