By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday June 27, 2024
World No.1 and high seed Iga Swiatek has been handed a difficult draw at Wimbledon.
The five-time main champion, who has not performed a match since profitable Roland-Garros, will face former Grand Slam champion and Roland-Garros finalist Sofia Kenin within the first spherical.
The Pole, who reached a profession greatest quarterfinal final yr on the All England Membership, might face former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber or Katerina Siniakova within the third spherical and – if the seeds maintain – is slated to face Jelena Ostapenko within the spherical of 16.
Swiatek owns a profession report of 9-4 at Wimbledon.
View the complete Wimbledon ladies’s singles attracts beneath:
The ladies’s singles draw pdf pic.twitter.com/k3ttWUoI1X
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Additionally lurking within the 23-year-old’s half of the draw is 2022 champion Elena Rybakina, whereas Aryna Sabalenka, the No.3 seed, has been drawn into second-seeded Coco Gauff’s half of the draw.
Rybakina will face Romania’s Elena Gabriela Ruse within the first spherical; Sabalenka will face American Emina Bektas.
Notable first-round matches on the ladies’s facet embody:
[11] Danielle Collins vs Clara Tauson
Caroline Wozniacki vs Alycia Parks
[13] Jelena Ostapenko vs Ajla Tomljanovic
[32] Katie Boulter vs Tatjana Maria
[22] Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Emma Raducanu
Paula Badosa vs Karolina Muchova
If the seeds held, the quarterifinals would form up as follows:
Girls’ Singles – Projected Quarter-finals by Seeding
Swiatek (1) vs Vondrousova (6)
Rybakina (4) vs Pegula (5)Zheng (8) vs Sabalenka (3)
Paolini (7) vs Gauff (2)#Wimbledon— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 28, 2024
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