Roland Garros champion Coco Gauff arrives as one of many predominant contenders, however she has by no means progressed past the fourth spherical in London.
Final 12 months’s runner-up Jasmine Paolini, the Italian world quantity 4, will look to go one step higher this 12 months.
In the meantime, former world primary Iga Swiatek – who beat Paolini handily in Unhealthy Homburg on Friday – and 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina will even hope to problem.
British primary Emma Raducanu leads dwelling hopes within the ladies’s draw, the place she is joined by Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal, who’ve each hung out on the planet’s high 50 of late.
Nevertheless, Raducanu has been handed a troublesome draw. Former champion Marketa Vondrousova is a attainable second-round opponent, whereas Sabalenka is more likely to be ready ought to she attain spherical three.
