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Former world No 1 picks Wimbledon favourite and it’s not Iga Swiatek

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World No 1 Iga Swiatek remains unproven on grass and is not among Andy Roddick’s top two favourites to win this year’s Wimbledon women\u2019s singles title.

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Instead the honour of favourite for the 2023 grass-court Grand Slam title goes to defending champion Elena Rybakina with world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka also ahead Swiatek in Roddick’s pecking order.

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Swiatek has dominated the women’s game over the past 18 months, but the majority of her success has come on clay and hard courts as she is 63\u20139 on the red dirt and 97\u201333 on hard surfaces.

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As for grass, the Pole is 6\u20135 with her best performance at Wimbledon coming in 2021 when she reached the fourth round.

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The 22-year-old has opted not to play any warm-up events ahead of The Championships and former world No 1 Roddick says Rybakina is ahead of the four-time Grand Slam winner in the queue to lift the title.

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“[Elena Rybakina is my favourite to win at the All England Club] because she’s the best grass-court player in the world. It\u2019s pretty straightforward,” the three-time Wimbledon runner-up told Tennis Channel.

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“You won’t find a bigger fan of Iga Swiatek than me. I have so much respect for her and so none of this is a slight to Iga, but she’s unproven on this surface.

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“I’m sure she would probably tell you the same thing and she does have some challenges on this surface. And what she does creating those RPMs, the movement that she has on clay, those things don’t translate to a grass court.”

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Rybakina, meanwhile, is 19\u20136 on grass and she is 10-1 at Wimbledon with her only defeat coming in the fourth round during her SW19 main draw debut in 2021.

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Roddick feels that Sabalenka – who is 21\u201314 on grass with her best Wimbledon performance a semi-final appearance in 2021 – is also a better pick for the title than Swiatek.

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The American added: “Conversely, everything that is a struggle for Rybakina on clay with the movement, slowing down her shots through the court is additive at Wimbledon. So I don’t know how you can’t make Rybakina the favourite. I actually would think that Sabalenka might be the second favourite and then maybe Iga third [or] fourth.

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“Iga is largely unproven on grass, she would probably tell you the same thing and she does have some challenges on this surface, especially if it is playing quick.”

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READ MORE: \u2018Iga Swiatek can reach Grand Slam double figures \u2013 the sky is the limit\u2019

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Qatar Open: Iga Swiatek beats Elena Rybakina to win third title in Doha

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Iga Swiatek is a three-time French Open champion and won the US Open in 2022

World number one Iga Swiatek claimed the Qatar Open title for the third year in a row with a straight-set victory over Elena Rybakina.

Poland's Swiatek trailed by a double break in the first set but regrouped to beat Kazakhstan's Rybakina 7-6 (10-8) 6-2 in Doha.

Swiatek lost her three matches against Rybakina in 2023.

It is four-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek's first WTA title of the year and her 18th overall.

She is the first player to win a WTA singles title three times in a row since American Serena Williams claimed the Miami Open from 2013 to 2015.

Swiatek trailed Rybakina 4-1 in the first set but found her rhythm, forcing things back on serve and saving a set point before closing out the tie-break after 90 minutes.

Rybakina had to take a medical timeout after hitting her leg with her racquet while serving in the first set, and she quickly went down a break in the second.

Swiatek broke the Rybakina serve once more before serving out for victory.

Both are scheduled to play in the Dubai Tennis Championship, which begins on Friday.

Elsewhere, Australia's Alex de Minaur marked his 25th birthday by beating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-3 to reach the Rotterdam Open final.

De Minaur will face Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner on Sunday after the Italian beat Tallon Griekspoor 6-2 6-4.

Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz missed out on a first final of the season as he lost 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 to Chile's Nicolas Jarry in the semi-finals of the Argentina Open.

Spaniard Alcaraz was the defending champion at the clay-court event.

At the Delray Beach Open in Florida, Julian Cash will take on fellow Briton Neal Skupski in Sunday's men's doubles final.

Cash and American Robert Galloway beat Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski 6-4 7-5 in the semis, while Skupski and Mexican Santiago Gonzalez were 7-6 (11-9) 7-6 (7-5) winners over Diego Hidalgo and Cristian Rodriguez.

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\n With this victory, Rybakina became the first player to win multiple matches against a reigning world No.1 since 2019, after she defeated the \u015awi\u0105tek in the fourth round of the Australian Open earlier this year.\n

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