Can Karolina Pliskova hold nerve to end grand slam wait?
Pliskova is the only competitor remaining in the womens singles draw not to have dropped a set in five matches  In the unpredictable world of womens tennis, Karolina Pliskova has been a rare model of consistency in recent years. Until last week the 29-year-old Czech had spent 230 consecutive weeks inside the top ten of the WTA rankings. It is curious, then, that she has never managed to win a grand-slam title during a period in which the game has been so wide open, throwing up 13 different champions in the past 17 major tournaments. Pliskova is arguably the best active player never to have won one of the sports most prestigious titles, having been ranked No 1 for eight weeks midway through 2017. Sponsored  Ironically, Pliskovas first appearance in the Wimbledon semi-finals comes after it appeared that she might be losing steam. An up-and-down season,