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Prior to now 10 years of Wimbledon, there have been solely 4 totally different males’s winners, whereas the ladies’s event has had 9 totally different champions.
Former world quantity 5 Daniela Hantuchova believes the unfold of Grand Slam winners in ladies’s tennis is as a result of power of the general area.
“I really feel like the sphere is way stronger throughout the highest 100 – the physicality has moved to a different stage,” stated Hantuchova.
“It makes it a lot extra thrilling on the ladies’s tour as a result of we have now so many various tales. It makes our sport much more entertaining and extra thrilling to observe.”
Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli says there is no such thing as a standout participant now, in contrast to when Serena Williams was dominant.
“The identical as Steffi Graf, the identical as Monica Seles or Billie-Jean King and Martina Navratilova and you may go down the record of all the greats,” she stated.
“When you will have the prospect of taking part in within the period of somebody like Serena, it was an opportunity as a result of she helped us to attempt to take our recreation to a different stage.
“That dominance issue, the identical as attempting to beat Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros, it simply makes the remainder of the sphere have fewer probabilities to turn out to be a champion.”
This text is the newest from BBC Sport’s Ask Me Something workforce.
