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Pliskova is ranked No. 1 but she wants a title to go with it

NEW YORK_As one of only 23 women who have been ranked No. 1 in the world since the Women's Tennis Association adopted a computerized system in 1975, Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic is in exclusive company. She's in another group she'd be happy to leave at the end of the U.S. Open: She's among the few women who have ruled the rankings without winning a Grand Slam tournament before or after they reached the top.

Because of that, Pliskova - who has been

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