A two-time Wimbledon semi-finalist (2019 and 2023), Svitolina has started this year’s tournament in commanding fashion. She breezed past Anna Bondar 6–3, 6–1 in the first round and needed just over an hour to dispatch Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6–2, 6–4 in the second.

Emma Raducanu played some of her most clinical tennis since her U.S. Open title run to sweep aside 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday and reach the third round. In front of a raucous Centre Court crowd,

Emma Raducanu has been told that if she can match the performance of her second-round win, then she will be able to give Aryna Sabalenka a “run for her money.” Raducanu has produced arguably her best tennis since her US Open win so far at Wimbledon,