London, England) – Current world number 1, the Polish Iga Swiatek did well in the Wimbledon draw, organized this Friday, and saw the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, current champion of the tournament, fall on the other side of the key, in company by Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. Thus, her two main rivals will only be able to meet her in a possible final.

Roland Garros champion, the Pole fell ill and withdrew from the semi-final in Bad Homburg, but will travel to the All England Club anyway, testing a 10-game winning streak. Her opponent in her debut will be Lin Zhu, 29 and currently ranked 33rd in the world. This will be the first time they will measure forces on the circuit.

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Iga should only have more difficulties after the third round, when she can meet the experienced Croatian Petra Martic. In the round of 16, the situation is even more complicated, as they could face Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic or Poland’s Magda Linette, with names like Danielle Collins and Barbora Strycova short.

Among the possible rivals in the quarter-finals, highlight for the former number 1, the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the Russian Daria Kasatkina and the North American Coco Gauff. Arrived in the semi-finals, the North American Jessica Pegula and the French Caroline Garcia are the best cited for a confrontation, but the Russians Liudmila Samsonova and Veronika Kudermetova can also appear in front.

Rybakina and Sabalenka can see each other in the semi-finals

Main favorites for the title at Wimbledon, Sabalenka and Rybakina were on the same side of the table and could face each other a little earlier, repeating in the semis the clash that was the Australian Open and Indian final Wells this year. The Belarusian makes her debut against Hungarian Pana Udvardy and the Kazakh against North American Shelby Rogers.

Defending champion Rybakina can cross with São Paulo Betriz Haddad Maia already in the round of 16 and in the quarter-finals, you can see the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, your opponent in the final last year. The other possible opponents in the quarter-finals are the Czechs Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova, the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina and the Canadian Bianca Andreescu.

Sabalenka may have her work cut out for her in the second round against the unpredictable Italian Camila Giorgi. After that, she can cross the Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu in the third round, with the Czech Karolina Muchova in the octaves and in the quarters she can face the Greek Maria Sakkari, the North American Madison Keys, the Czech Barbora Krejcikova or the Russian Anastasia Potapova.