Karolina Pliskova, Ozeki

Karolina Pliskova became the 36th female Ozeki (=Champion) of the open era today by reaching the semifinals at the 2017 French Open. Together with Pliskova's final participation at the 2016 US Open and the quarterfinal earlier this year at the 2017 Australian Open, this suffices to jump the "great hurdle" (this is what "Ozeki" means literally in Japanese) to Ozeki (the Ozeki list will be updated once the French Open have been completed).

Elsewhere, the hard-hitting Latvian 19-year old Jelena Ostapenko earned a first-time promotion to Komusubi (=Junior Champion II) by reaching the semifinals; she can climb even a rank higher to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) if she beats ex-Sekiwake Timea Bacsinszky in her next match. Angelique Kerber will lose Ozeki status following this tournament after going out early in two slams in a row, but will have a chance to gain the rankt back with a semifinal at Wimbledon.

And in the mens' tournament, Ozeki Stan Wawrinka is still on a Yokozuna (=Great Grand Champion) run. To complete it, Wawrinka would need to win the French Open.