Iga Swiatek begins her challenge for her first Wimbledon title against Zhu Lin in the opening round at Wimbledon on…
Iga Swiatek begins her challenge for her first Wimbledon title against Zhu Lin in the opening round at Wimbledon on Monday.
The 22-year-old has dominated for much of the last 18 months, winning the US Open in 2022, as well as back-to-back French Open titles but a Wimbledon singles title still remain elusive.
The current world number one has only achieved a career best of a fourth round appearance in SW19, struggling to show her usual assertive nature on the grass courts.
The Pole has generally struggled to produce her best on grass, and didn’t have the best of times in her warm up event in Germany, reaching the semi-final of the Bad Homburg Open, before being beaten by world number 65, Lucia Bronzetti.
Momentum is on Swiatek’s side though, with her French Open victory still fresh in the memory.
Zhu Lin could represent a tricky challenge for the dominant, Polish superstar though, with a current world ranking of 34 and recent victories over Katie Boulter and Magda Linette.
This will be the first meeting between the two players and Switek enters as the heavy favourite, being found as heavy as 1/25 on the betting market.
The winner of this match, which will be contested over the best of three sets on Monday, will play either Martina Trevisan or Sara Sorribes Tormo in the second round at Wimbledon.
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