All the women who have a reasonable Wimbledon pedigree seem either past their prime or out of form. So that leaves a lot of unknowns entering this year’s tournament. Iga Swiatek is the bookies’ favourite, and justifiably so, riding a 35-match win streak. But she’s only played the Wimbledon main draw twice, her best: a fourth round showing last year. There are eleven slam champions in the draw, but only two of them, Swiatek and Muguruza, are in the top ten. There seem two possible scenarios: either Swiatek continues her indomitable march to victory, or the tournament is wide open. First Quarter Iga Swiatek is a deserved #1, having dominated the tour since February. If she wins here she could extend her win streak to 42 matches, a number that hasn’t been surpassed since Steffi Graf won 44 matches in a row in 1993. For perspective, Graf had previous streaks of 45, 46, and 66; Navratilova won 74 straight in 1984; and ther...
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