Past and present tennis players will all have their opinions on what rules the sport should stick with, ditch, or adopt.

It seems that some want best of five set tennis scrapped at Grand Slams, and others have called for the game to do away with lets on serves.

Others have proposed that players have just one serve rather than two, while some want on-court coaching to be shelved or, conversely, enhanced.

For some people, tennis matches go on for too long, with many unable to devote their time and attention to a contest that lasts multiple hours.

To some outsiders looking in, the amount of time between points and the number of changeovers they make is puzzling. But when the sport is getting ultra physical, that 90-second break is, arguably, vital to preserving their energy levels.

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However, former British No 1 Greg Rusedski has posited that when a game is finished and a player changes ends, they shouldn’t have a break.

His argument was that that may bring back serve and volley tennis, which has virtually become extinct with the acceleration of string technology, balls getting larger, and courts slowing down since the turn of the Millennium.

If a player is running on empty, they may need to be more tactical and that could lead to more variety, according to Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard’s coach.

When asked what rule he would change in tennis, he said, with a hint of a grin, on The Beyond Tennis Podcast in February, “No sitting down in between, continuous play.

“If you had continuous play, then people would have to serve and volley and they’d have to be more tactically astute.”

If this was enacted, it really would be survival of the fittest, turning an already gruelling sport into an even more gladiatorial and brutal challenge.

Perhaps the most physical Grand Slam final ever played was Novak Djokovic‘s five-set win over Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open in 2012.

The great rivals played for nearly six hours and could barely stand for the trophy ceremony. The sport is arguably even more physical now, something that is not helped by the lengthy tour calendar.

It may also be a logistical nightmare when it comes to allowing the crowd to come and go during the contest. Either way, it’s an interesting topic to debate.

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Francisco Cerundolo won the biggest title of his career after beating Tommy Paul in three sets in the final of Queen’s Club.

Heading into this encounter, Cerundolo held a 5-2 head-to-head lead against Paul, and it looked like that trend might continue when he broke in the first game of the match.

The Argentine’s bruising forehand eased him in front, only for the Buenos Aires-born player to throw in a stinker of a game when serving for the first set.

And Paul managed to hold his nerve and take the first set in a tiebreak 7-6 (4). But Cerundolo – who had never won above a 250 tournament before today – showed immense quality and perseverance to take the next two sets 6-4 6-3.

So what does this mean in terms of prize money and rankings? Here’s is Tennis365’s breakdown to answer those questions.

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Ranking points from Queen’s for Cerundolo and Paul

Coming into this encounter, Paul was 10th in the ATP Race, while Cerundolo was four places back in 14th. And in the live rankings, Cerundolo was 23rd, just one place and 15 points in front of Paul.

Off the back of his win, which earned him 500 points, Cerundolo – who is now 12th in the race – is closing in on his career-high ranking of 18 as he is now up to 21st.

Paul receives 330 points of his own, with the 29-year-old staying 24th in the rankings. This was also the longest Queen’s Club final at more than three hours long.

This is the second time Cerundolo and Paul have faced off in a grass court final, with the former coming out on top in Eastbourne in 2023 in three sets.

Queen’s Club prize money breakdown

Queen’s announced that the total prize money pot for this year’s championships was €2,583,330 (£2.23m).

The 32-player tournament started with a first round win of €20,145 (£17,453), followed by €37,780 (£32,732) in the round of 16, and then €70,775 (£61,319) for the quarter-finals.

A semi-final win earns you €138,530 (£120,022) before the sizeable jump up to making the final.

Cerundolo has secured a prize money total of €483,145 (£418,596) whereas Paul chalked up €259,940 (£225,212).

Much of that will be taxed but still, not a bad day’s work.

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Frances Tiafoe ended a lengthy losing finals streak to beat compatriot Taylor Fritz in straight sets at the Halle Open to claim the biggest title of his career.

Since April 2024, the American has reached finals in Houston twice, Acapulco, and the Cincinnati Masters but has come up short every time.

Ben Shelton, Jannik Sinner, Jenson Brooksby, and Flavio Cobolli have proved too much for the former US Open semi-finalist but against Fritz, Tiafoe was determined to come out on top on Sunday.

The 28-year-old – who did have a 7-1 losing head-to-head with his countryman – took the first set 6-4 in impressive fashion, before going an early break up in the second.

Tiafoe, whose last title came back in June 2023 in Stuttgart, eased his way to victory in a 6-4 6-4 triumph for his fourth ATP Tour title. This was his first 500-pointer after three wins at 250 level.

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Ranking points from Halle for Tiafoe and Fritz

Tiafoe has a career-high ranking of eight but in recent years, he has struggled to stay in touch with the world’s top 10.

However, this year, the American has changed his diet and appears to be in excellent physical shape – and his results are improving as a result.

With his title triumph, Tiafoe is now up to 19th in the rankings and is on 2,180 points.

He collects 500 points for his week’s efforts, whereas runner-up Fritz pockets 300 points in what is his second straight final loss on the grass courts.

The 28-year-old was beaten in three tight sets by Shelton in Stuttgart last weekend. Fritz is now up to seventh in the ATP Tour rankings and in the ATP race, Tiafoe is now 12th whereas the 6ft 5in player is 21st.

Prize money breakdown from Halle

Like at Queen’s, the total prize pot at Halle is €2,583,330 (£2.23m).

Tiafoe will add a nice €483,145 (£418,596) to his career earnings, whereas Fritz pockets €259,940 (£225,212).

Both Fritz and Tiafoe will head into Wimbledon in just over a week’s time with a great deal of confidence.

While Fritz didn’t get the win, he will be dangerous at SW19 and is scheduled to play at Eastbourne. Tiafoe is in the draw in Mallorca but whether both play in those tournaments remains to be seen.

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High numbers of players withdrawing from tournaments due to injuries has become a persistent theme in 2026, and former Grand Slam finalist John Lloyd has warned “it’s going to get worse” in an interview with Tennis365.

The ATP and WTA 500 events at the 2026 Queen’s Club Championships were both significantly impacted by withdrawals, with 17 players (nine men and eight women) pulling out across both singles entry lists.

Carlos Alcaraz, Jack Draper, Jessica Pegula, Marta Kostyuk, Belinda Bencic and Rafael Jodar were some of the high-profile absentees.

There are already eight men and five women who have withdrawn from the 2026 Wimbledon Championships — including four current top 20 stars; Alcaraz, Victoria Mboko, Lorenzo Musetti and Valentin Vacherot.

Speaking exclusively to Tennis365 at the Queen’s Club, Lloyd argued that the best-of-five set Grand Slam format and the tennis schedule are behind the injury issues in the men’s game specifically.

“It’s going to get worse,” said the former British No 1, who reached a career-high ranking of world No 23.

“An ideal world — which will never happen — is that they move the Australian Open to March, but it’ll never happen. But at least the better compromise is they make the Grand Slams best of three [sets].

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“And it’s not the physicality of the matches at the Slams, although that is extreme. In my opinion, it’s the preparation That’s where the body breaks down.

“Because if you look at it logically, tennis is one of the most rigorous sports there is. Tennis, there’s a break at the end of the year, but it’s really for six weeks maximum.

“You get the six weeks off, and people say that’s a long time, but it isn’t. You take two weeks off to kind of recharge, and even then, you’re still on empty, and then you’ve got to start preparing, not just for a tournament like Queen’s, you’ve got to prepare for a major!

“So you’ve go to go from being dormant, almost hibernating, to go to the extreme to get ready for possibly seven, four-hour matches. You’re putting your body through this ridiculous turbocharge without gradually going into it.

“You finish that one, and then you have a week or so off, and then you have Indian Wells and Miami back-to-back. You have a little break, then you’ve got to start preparing for the French [Open] and Wimbledon.

“Then you recover from that, you have a couple of weeks off, then you’ve got to recover for the US Open. It’s insanity.”

Lloyd, who was a runner-up at the 1977 Australian Open, added: “Best-of-five, the physicality of these guys now… best-of-five in my day is the same as best-of-three now, in terms of what they do with their bodies and the physicality.

“They’re animals — and I mean that in the best way. But they are going to break down, and it will happen more and more.”

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Alex Eala’s 2026 Berlin Open campaign ended with a straight-set semi-final loss to Linda Noskova, but how many ranking points and how much prize money did she collect?

The Filipina star fell to a 2-6, 4-6 defeat to world No 13 Noskova on Saturday in a match delayed by rain at the grass-court WTA 500 tournament in the German capital.

Eala was broken three times in the opening set and twice in the second set as she was outplayed by her 21-year-old Czech opponent.

Noskova will face world No 4 Jessica Pegula in the final after the American beat world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the first semi-final.

Despite the loss, Eala had a hugely positive week in Berlin, having earned three impressive straight-set victories en route to the semi-finals.

Eala began her campaign with a 7-5, 6-4 triumph over world No 33 Donna Vekic — who arrived after winning the WTA 500 at Queen’s Club last week.

The 21-year-old then stunned world No 2 Elena Rybakina 6-3, 6-4 in the second round before claiming a 6-3, 6-4 quarter-final win against seventh-ranked Elina Svitolina.

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Alex Eala and Aryna Sabalenka’s Berlin Open ranking points

Eala and Sabalenka have earned 195 WTA ranking points for their runs to the semi-finals in Berlin.

Having started the tournament as the world No 35, Eala has climbed to 30th in the Live WTA Rankings after increasing her points total to 1,557. This puts Eala just one place below her career-high ranking position of 29th.

Noskova and Pegula will compete for 500 points in the final, with 325 points on offer for the runner-up.

Berlin Open WTA ranking points breakdown

First round: 1
Second round: 60
Quarter-finals: 108
Semi-finals: 195
Finalist: 325
Champion: 500

Alex Eala and Aryna Sabalenka’s Berlin Open prize money

Eala and Sabalenka have secured €57,395 ($66,004) in prize money for reaching the semi-finals in Germany.

Berlin Open prize money breakdown

First round: €11,045/$12,702
Second round: €15,471/$17,791
Quarter-finals: €29,110/$33,477
Semi-finals: €57,395/$66,004
Finalist: €99,565/$114,500
Champion: €161,310/$185,507

What Alex Eala said after reaching the semi-finals

Following her Berlin quarter-final win against Svitolina, Eala said: “I can’t believe it, I’m in shock right now. Elina is a huge fighter and I’ve seen it many times.

“I’ve been watching her since I was a kid, so to be able to compete with her today is such an honour. I really admire her, she’s a mother, and I really find her to act with such elegance and strength.

“I think I’m getting better, I hope I’m getting better being exposed to this kind of level more often. It really pushes you to your limits and forces you to showcase what you’ve got. Some weeks are better than others and I’m really enjoying this ride.”

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Jack Draper has opened up about his injury struggles and his partnership with Andy Murray ahead of his long-awaited return to action in Eastbourne.

Former world No 4 Draper has been sidelined since 13 April, when he was forced to retire from his first round match at the Barcelona Open due to a knee injury.

Draper has since suffered a host of physical setbacks that have caused him to delay his return to the tour.

After missing the clay-court Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome, as well as Roland Garros, Draper pulled out of this week’s Queen’s Club Championships, where he had planned to play.

The 24-year-old cut short his 2025 season after withdrawing from the US Open due to a bone stress injury in his left arm — an issue that kept him out for over five months before he made a comeback in February.

In an interview with the LTA ahead of next week’s Eastbourne Open, Draper said: “I feel good. I’m very excited to be back at a tournament again, especially Eastbourne.

“I haven’t played here in four years now so I’m really happy to be back.

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“I’ve been injured for a long time. A lot of setbacks, a lot of struggle. Especially in this last year. But I’ve kept on going, kept working really hard and I’m just pumped to be back at a tournament to be honest.

“I’m going to give my all like I always do on a match court. To be here, to be feeling good in my body, to be ready and able to compete, let’s see what happens.”

Draper added three-time major champion Murray to his coaching team for the grass season, and he is delighted to be working with the British legend.

“Andy is amazing, to be honest,” Draper said.

“I have a great relationship with him off the court, but on the court, there’s not many people more knowledgeable than Andy. He’s been an amazing support to me.

“I don’t think anyone can understand what it’s like (having injuries) until you’ve gone through it. Andy obviously has been through so much in his career – many setbacks, many injuries, many adversities, but he always came through them.

“He was incredibly good at coming back and showing what he’s all about. Having him in my corner has been great from that aspect as well.

“It’s nice that he believes in my tennis and it’s about the progress. It’s about the journey. It’s not about one or two tournaments, it’s what I’m doing on the practice court every day, especially after my injuries. To keep progressing, to keep developing my game for the long term.

“He’s really tried to instil that in me in this period when I’ve maybe been a bit impatient.”

The 2025 Indian Wells Masters champion added: “This grass-court season, I just want to get out there and compete again.

“It’s been many weeks and months now doing the same thing, trying to get my body to cooperate, get back on the match court and I’ve earned that right now.

“I’m here to compete, and I’m focused on winning the match and doing the best I can. But there’s nothing like competing in front of people. It’s a feeling you miss. It makes me complete when I’m doing that.”

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Aryna Sabalenka collapsed to a three-set loss to Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals at the 2026 Berlin Open, but how has the result impacted the WTA Rankings?

World No 1 Sabalenka was beaten 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-0 by fourth-ranked Pegula in the last four at the grass-court WTA 500 tournament.

In a contest affected by rain delays in the German capital, Pegula earned the only break of the opening set in the third game.

Sabalenka responded by breaking in the second game of the second set, but she was unable to convert two set points on Pegula’s serve at 5-2 and was broken serving for the set at 5-3.

The Belarusian found herself facing a 1-3 deficit in the tiebreak when play was suspended due to rain, but she won six of the next seven points when the match resumed to force a decider.

In the third set, though, Sabalenka fell apart as she won just 13 of the 42 points and failed to win a game, with her 32-year-old American rival cruising to the finish line.

The four-time Grand Slam winner has now lost the final set 6-0 in her last two defeats, having capitulated against Diana Shnaider in the Roland Garros quarter-finals earlier this month.

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After earning her fourth win in 13 matches against Sabalenka, Pegula said: “She came out and ripped a bunch of winners [after the rain delay in the second set tiebreak], and I told myself ‘I guess I wanted to win in the hard way anyway.’

“I don’t get super emotional. People used to tell me when I was younger that I need to yell more and jump up and down.

“Honestly, it feels like a waste of energy to me. I just try to be myself.”

Sabalenka started the week on 9,090 points in the WTA Rankings, and her points total will remain the same after her semi-final exit in Berlin.

This is because Sabalenka has defended her points from the 2025 Berlin Open, having reached the same stage of the tournament 12 months ago.

The world No 1’s lead over second-ranked Elena Rybakina is 947 points, which is exactly the same as it was before play began this week as the latter fell in the second round in Berlin.

Sabalenka has, therefore, missed an opportunity to stretch her lead at the top of the rankings.

Pegula’s run to the final has increased her points tally by 324 to 6,380, which puts her 353 adrift of world No 3 Iga Swiatek.

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The women’s seeds for Wimbledon 2026 are all but confirmed as it’s just a case of dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s for organisers ahead of the grass-court Grand Slam.

With the cutoff date for the seeds based on the WTA Rankings of 22 June, this week’s WTA 500 Berlin Open and WTA 250 Nottingham Open as well as the lower-tiered WTA 125K tournaments, are the final events where points count towards Wimbledon.

World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka was always assured of being the top seed at SW19 as she had a big enough lead over Elena Rybakina, irrespective of their performances in Berlin.

Having been top of the rankings since October 2024, the four-time Grand Slam winner will headline the draw sheet of a major for a seventh Slam in a row while Rybakina will be the second seed for the second time in her career following her rise to No 2 in March this year.

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The top 9 seeds were decided before this week’s tournaments as Rybakina is followed by defending champion Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula, Mirra Andreeva, Amanda Anisimova, Coco Gauff, Elina Svitolina and Karolina Muchova.

Pegula has reached the semi-final in Berlin, but even a title run won’t be enough to move up the rankings.

With world No 9 Victoria Mboko ruled out of Wimbledon due to injury, a place in the top 10 has opened up and Belinda Bencic currently occupies that spot, but she can still be overtaken by Linda Noskova, who has reached the last four in Germany. Noskova, though, needs to win the title to move up.

Madrid Open champion Marta Kostyuk (12th), Naomi Osaka (15th) and Iva Jovic (16th) are also secured of their positions.

French Open runner-up Maja Chwalinska needed a wildcard to secure her entry at Wimbledon as she was still outside the top 100 at the time of the entry list cutoff, but she finds herself in the unique position of being seeded.

The world No 21 Pole is only the second player after Patty Schnaider in 2004 to earn a wildcard entry and be seeded (20th) at Wimbledon.

Emma Navarro (24th), Marie Bouzkova (25th) and Ann Li (29th) are still jostling for their final positions as they are still in action in Nottingham.

World No 30 Hailey Baptiste was also due to be seeded, but she will also be missing due to a knee injury, giving some players a boost.

Alex Eala’s incredible run at the Berlin Open has seen her surge five places up the rankings to No 30 so she is set to be seeded 29th and will be followed by Emma Raducanu, Donna Vekic and Katerina Siniakova.

The chasing pack have all lost already this week so can no longer make up ground, but Jelena Ostapenko, Cristina Bucsa and Barbora Krejcikova are next in line should there be any withdrawals.

Projected WTA Wimbledon seedings:

1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Elena Rybakina
3. Iga Swiatek
4. Jessica Pegula
5. Mirra Andreeva
6. Amanda Anisimova
7. Coco Gauff
8. Elina Svitolina
9. Karolina Muchova
10. Belinda Bencic
11. Marta Kostyuk
12. Linda Noskova
13. Jasmine Paolini
14. Naomi Osaka
15. Diana Shnaider
16. Iva Jovic
17. Sorana Cirstea
18. Ekaterina Alexandrova
19. Anna Kalinskaya
20. Maja Chwalinska
21. Leylah Fernandez
22. Clara Tauson
23. Elise Mertens
24. Madison Keys
25. Emma Navarro
26. Marie Bouzkova
27. Anastasia Potapova
28. Ann Li
29. Alex Eala
30. Emma Raducanu
31. Donna Vekic
32. Katerina Siniakova

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The list of players to withdraw from Wimbledon 2026 continues to grow, with former world No 4 Holger Rune the latest big name absentee.

Main draw singles play at this year’s Wimbledon Championships, which will be the 139th edition of the oldest tennis tournament, will begin on Monday 28 June and conclude on Sunday 12 July.

By Thursday, there were 11 players — six men and five women — who had withdrawn from the grass-court Grand Slam across both the men’s and women’s events.

Since then, Holger Rune and Reilly Opelka — who were on the men’s main draw entry list — have pulled out. This has increased the overall number of singles withdrawals to 13.

Rune has not played since October, when he ruptured his Achilles tendon during a match at the Stockholm Open.

The 23-year-old Dane had initially hoped to make his return to action towards the end of the clay-court season before shifting his sights to the grass.

However, Rune — who has dropped to 63rd in the rankings — has once again opted to delay his comeback, having experienced discomfort in his knee.

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Aneke Rune, Holger’s mother and manager, explained the decision in a statement to Danish outlet Sport TV2.

“After a thorough assessment, we have decided that Holger will not take part at Wimbledon this year,” Aneke Rune said.

“Both the Achilles tendon and the knee are responding positively, and he is making steady progress on all fronts. All the scans also look good.”

Commenting on his withdrawal, Rune said: “It is not an easy decision to miss Wimbledon, but the long-term goal is unchanged: to come back stronger and be ready to compete at the highest level.

“I’m getting closer every day, and it’s very satisfying to feel the progress. Spirits are high – see you soon.”

Meanwhile, former world No 17 Opelka has been ruled out following an injury-hit clay-court campaign.

ATP Wimbledon withdrawal list

Seven of the eight men to pull out of Wimbledon are either current or former top 20 players: Carlos Alcaraz, Lorenzo Musetti, Valentin Vacherot, Tomas Machac, Sebastian Korda, Rune and Opelka.

• Carlos Alcaraz (world No 2) – replaced by Jan Choinski
• Lorenzo Musetti (world No 15) – replaced by Matteo Berrettini
• Valentin Vacherot (world No 20) – replaced by Sho Shimabukuro
• Tomas Machac (world No 42) – replaced by Jesper de Jong
• Sebastian Korda (world No 46) – replaced by Alexandre Muller
• Holger Rune (world No 63) – replaced by Titouan Droguet
• Arthur Cazaux (world No 81) – replaced by Alex Molcan
• Reilly Opelka (world No 102) – replaced by Dalibor Svrcina

WTA Wimbledon withdrawal list

Victoria Mboko and Hailey Baptiste are the current top 30 WTA players to withdraw, while Veronika Kudermetova has been ranked as high as ninth.

• Victoria Mboko (world No 9) – replaced by Darja Vidmanova
• Hailey Baptiste (world No 30) – replaced by Hanne Vandewinkel
• Varvara Gracheva (world No 71) – replaced Sinja Kraus
• Sonay Kartal (world No 72) – replaced by Paula Badosa
• Veronika Kudermetova (world No 86) – replaced by Francesca Jones

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Aryna Sabalenka survived an almighty scare against Nikola Bartunkova in the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open.

Sabalenka was a set and 2-0 down against the Czech star, before she managed to fight back and confirm her place in the semi-finals of the German tournament.

The World No. 1 eventually won 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 to continue her progress on grass ahead of Wimbledon, and she will play Jessica Pegula in the final four.

Despite managing to find the win at the Berlin Open, Sabalenka was incredibly impressed by Bartunkova’s level through their match.

Sabalenka rarely had the answers for Bartunkova and she was dominated for much of the first half of the match, before she find a way to win.

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“I just think she played incredible tennis. There was not much I could do, she was just smacking the ball like I don’t even know. It was an unbelievable level,” said the World No. 1 during her post-match interview on court.

“I felt like it was her match and I didn’t know what to do. I think when I did a couple of of approaches to the net during my 0-4 game, it gave me a little bit of confidence that maybe I can sure her that I still have something left. I was trying to stay in the game.

“I tried to find the rhythm,” the Belarusian star continued. “I honestly just think I was lucky, it was a lucky match.”

Sabalenka even went so far as to tip Bartunkova for future success on the WTA Tour.

“Oh my god, what a player, what an incredible young girl and future superstar,” she said. “I was thinking: ‘Woah, that’s how it feels to play against me!’

“There was frustration going on, every ball I would give her she would smack it with a winner. I was really not sure what to do, but I guess I just tried to find this tiger inside of me and fight for this match.”

Bartunkova has been threatening a breakthrough on the WTA Tour and her narrow defeat to Sabalenka in Berlin was another example of her talents.

She has proved she has what it takes on the grass too, having made it to the final of the Birmingham Open at the beginning of the 2026 grass court swing.

She is set to make her Wimbledon main draw debut at this year’s Grand Slam and there is every chance she could produce a few scalps in the early rounds.

She is not seeded for Wimbledon and one thing is for sure: none of the top players will want to play her in the first round of the Grand Slam after what she showcased against Sabalenka.

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