1st of July Wimbledon lowers the curtain again and the best tennis players from the men’s and women’s team will step onto the grass of the ‘Cathedral’ of tennis with the dream of all of them to be able to enter the exclusive list of winners of the third ‘big’ of the year, the tournament par excellence of racket sport in which elegance and magic are more than served.
A year ago Carlos Alcaraz made history at the All England Club headquarters becoming the third youngest tennis player to win the London major in the Open Era at 20 years and 72 days. Thus, the Murcian put his name as third Spaniard to climb to the top in London and that in this season, as Nadal did in 2008, he aspires to conquer Roland Garros and the ‘big one’ of grass in the same campaign.
However, his path to revalidating the crown will not be easy. Jannik Sinner, brand new number one and champion last week in the Halle tournamentis presented as one, if not the biggest, favorite to lift the title and win his second Grand Slam in his career. The transalpine was on the verge of the final in the last edition after losing against Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. This year the Italian would not face the Serbian until the final, as the second seed in the tournament, howeverSinner would repeat the Roland Garros semifinals in a hypothetical semifinal against Carlos Alcaraz. After a month on earth, circumstances have changed a lot and the Italian, dafter winning his first title on grasswill be in favor against the one from El Palmar, who has just lost the crown at Queen’s and having played only two games on the grass.
The Italian will not have it easy either.him, since he may be the one with the muddiest path in the tournament. From the first rounds, the one from San C�ndido faces high-level levels. In your second meeting the Wimbledon finalist in 2021, his compatriot Matteo Berrettini that, despite not being at his best level, the Italian could give him some problems. In the third round I would wait for him Tallon Greek Spoor o Pablo Carre�oboth higher level tennis players, despite the fact that the Spaniard is coming back from an injury and the Dutchman, who despite losing in his debut in Halle precisely against Sinner, has shown his danger on this surface in the current campaign. a, being semi-finalist in Bolduque.
He The third big favorite can be none other than the seven-time Wimbledon champion, Novak Djokovic. Although the Serbian underwent surgery just 25 days ago after undergoing surgery on his right knee after being injured in his match against Francisco Cer�ndolo at Roland Garros, the Serbian has given more than one reason to take it into account. Recovered in record time from a muscle tear in the meniscus of his right kneeDjokovic, finalist in the last edition, He has only missed one Grand Slam due to injury in his entire career, this being the 2017 US Open. while his absence from the Australian Open and the 2022 US Open was due to not being vaccinated. However, the Serbian has something against him, being one of the tennis players most persecuted by injuries when we talk about ‘greats’, since his retirement in Paris It marked his seventh dismissal in a ‘major’ due to injury.
Hurkacz and Tommy Paul, two of the most dangerous
Sin Medvedev, Rublev o Tsitsipas In his prime, missing so far in the grass season, Alexander Zverev can be a great candidate in London, after coming close to leaving Alcaraz without the Musketeers Cup almost a month ago. However, Hubert Hurkacz has given more than reasons to position itself as one of the strongest rivals at Wimbledon. Finalist in Halle and champion in Estorilthe world number seven became All England Club semi-finalist in 2021being also the last executioner of Roger Federer in the ‘Cateral’ of tennis. For Djokovic’s drawthe Pole would face the Serbian in some hypothetical quarter finals. Being able to make a splash in the tournament after the seven-time Wimbledon champion arrives in between cottons after having knee surgery just 25 days ago.
On the other hand, Carlos Alcaraz will have to be very careful if he faces Tommy Paul. The American, champion at Queen’snot only relieved Alcaraz in the record of the classic London tournament, but also maintains a 2-2 balance with the Murcian and is currently the American number one having surpassed Taylor Fritz in the ranking by rising to 12th place. Semifinalist in Indian Wells and Romethe one from New Jersey aspires to complete a good Grand Slam in London, since his best performance in a major was the semifinals of the Australian Open in 2023 and on grass the round of 16 reached in 2022.
Grigor Dimitrov o Taylor Fritz They are two other candidates to reach the last rounds, being two profiles of tennis players where their characteristics shine even more on this surface, with both of them great serves.
Nobody wants to miss the show
Waiting to know if finally Andy Murray will play what would be his last Wimbledon, the edition is presented no major casualties at All England Club, The best tennis players on the circuit will meet next week in London, in one of the sport’s quintessential settings, waiting to meet their champion on July 14.
Serial head order: 1 Jannik Sinner; 2 Novak Djokovic; 3 Carlos Alcaraz; 4 Alexander Zverev; 5 Daniil Medvedev; 6 Andrey Rublev; 7 Hubert Hurkacz; 8 Casper Ruud; 9 Alex de Mi�aur; 10 Grigor Dimitrov; 11 Stefanos Tsitsipas; 12 Tommy Paul; 13 Taylor Fritz;14 Ben Shelton; 15 Holger Rune;16 Ugo Humbert; 17 Felix Auger-Aliassime;18 Sebasti�n B�ez; 19 Nicol�s Jarry; 20 Sebastian Korda; 21 Karen Khachanov; 22 Adrian Mannarino; 23 Alexander Bublik; 24 Alexander Tabilo; 25 Lorenzo Musetti; 26 Francisco Cer�ndolo; 27 Tallon Greekspur; 28 Jack Draper; 29 Frances Tiafoe; 30 Tom�s Mart�n Etcheverry; 31 Mariano Navone; 32 Zhizhen Zhang
