No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek’s potential path towards her first Wimbledon championship is paved with former Grand Slam champions.
The five-time Grand Slam champion from Poland, who has by no means gone previous the quarterfinals on the All England Membership, will face 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin within the first spherical.
Swiatek, 23, arrives on a 19-match profitable streak that will probably be examined. Her aspect of the bracket, within the draw launched on Friday, additionally features a doable assembly with 2018 Wimbledon champ Angelique Kerber within the third spherical, 2017 French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia within the fourth and defending Wimbledon champ Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic within the quarterfinals.
Swiatek is 0-4 in opposition to Ostapenko.
Coco Gauff is the No. 2 seed, and the reigning U.S. Open champion will probably be seeking to make it previous the fourth spherical for the primary time. Her half of the bracket consists of former World No. 1s Naomi Osaka of Japan and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. Gauff’s first-round opponent is fellow American Caroline Dolehide.
The opposite top-10 seeds are No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, No. 4 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, No. 5 Jessica Pegula, No. 6 Vondrousova, No. 7 Jasmine Paolini of Italy, No. 8 Qinwen Zheng of China, No. 9 Maria Sakkari of Greece and No. 10 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.
–Subject Degree Media
