Two first-time Wimbledon champions were crowned over the weekend: Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded woman to ever win, while Carlos Alcaraz upset seven-time Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic for the title. After an exciting two weeks, is it too early to look ahead to the next major?
No way. Our experts make their early predictions for the US Open:
Who do you think will win the women’s title?
Alexandra Stevenson: The winner is difficult to predict because the women’s side has been so wide open for awhile. Aryna Sabalenka won the Australian Open, Iga Swiatek won the French, and now Vondrousova won Wimbledon. Each one has a different style of play. If the US Open surfaces the courts with speed, definitely look for a big server.
Bill Connelly: Here are the top five players in terms of the percentage of hardcourt points won over the last year: Swiatek (55%), Vondrousova (54%), Jessica Pegula (53%), Liudmila Samsonova (53%, thanks mostly to a fall hot streak) and Sabalenka (53%). The winners of the last four Slams are in that group, and if we start there and add in the runners-up at the Australian Open (Rybakina) and last year’s US Open (Ons Jabeur),…
