Wimbledon 2024: Iga Swiatek And Defending Champion Marketa Vondrousova Set For Quarter-Final Showdown - UBITENNIS

Wimbledon 2024: Iga Swiatek And Defending Champion Marketa Vondrousova Set For Quarter-Final Showdown

World number one Iga Swiatek and defending champion Marketa Vondrousova are set to meet in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon

By Tony Fairbairn
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Marketa Vondrousova - Wimbledon 2023 (photo X @wta)

The draw was done on Friday morning which saw world number one Iga Swiatek facing a tough draw at SW19.

Swiatek is a former junior champion but has struggled to translate those results onto the main draw at Wimbledon although she did make a breakthrough last year reaching the quarter-finals.

The Pole will start against Sofia Kenin in a tricky first round before potentially meeting Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round with the Latvian facing Birmingham finalist Ajla Tomljanovic in the opening round.

Should Swiatek make it to the quarter-finals, the Pole will meet defending champion Marketa Vondrousova who is struggling for fitness and form but is aiming to defend her title.

Vondrousova will begin her title defence against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and could potentially face Barbora Krejcikova on her way to a showdown with Swiatek.

The other quarter of the top half of the draw will see former champion Elena Rybakina as she takes on Elena-Gabriela Ruse in her opening round.

The Kazakh could take on either Caroline Wozniacki or Leylah Fernandez in the third round on her way to a potential showdown with either Ons Jabeur or Berlin champion Jessica Pegula in the quarter-finals.

Jabeur will start her campaign against Moyuka Uchijima in the opening round with the two-time finalist potentially facing Elina Svitolina in the third round.

As for Pegula, the American will begin against compatriot Ashlyn Krueger before facing Brit Katie Boulter in the third round with Boulter facing former semi-finalist Tatjana Maria in her opening round match.

In the bottom half of the draw, Maria Sakkari will begin against McCartney Kessler while potentially facing Emma Raducanu in the third round as the Brit takes on 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the opening round.

Also in this quarter is third seed Aryna Sabalenka who will begin against Emina Bektas with Karolina Muchova, Daria Kasatkina and Mirra Andreeva all potential opponents in the fourth round.

The bottom section of the draw will see, Victoria Azarenka taking on Sloane Stephens in a mouth-watering opening match with the winner potentially facing Karolina Pliskova in the second round.

Former world number one Naomi Osaka is also in this section as she takes on Diane Parry in the first round.

The winner of that mini-section could take on second seed Coco Gauff in the last 16 with Gauff playing Caroline Dolehide in the opening round.

The bottom half of the draw will start on Monday with the top half of the draw on Tuesday.

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