Carlos Alcaras Challenges to Win for 2 Years in a Row

Wimbledon tennis tournament opens on July 1... Alcaras challenges to win for 2 years in a row

Djokovic, who underwent knee surgery, may not participate, and world No. 1 Sinner is also a favorite to win the title.

The Wimbledon Tennis Championships, the third major tournament of the season, will begin on July 1 at the All England Club in London, England.

This year, following the French Open, which ended on the 10th, there will be a series of major tournaments, including Wimbledon and the Paris Olympics in July.

In particular, Wimbledon, a grass court tournament, is held between clay court tournaments such as the French Open and the Paris Olympics, so players such as Rafael Nadal (Spain) do not participate in Wimbledon for reasons such as adjusting to the court. 토토사이트 순위

On the other hand, Arina Sabalenka (3rd place, Belarus) said that it would be unreasonable to participate in the clay court tournament immediately after the grass court tournament, and expressed her intention to skip the Olympics after participating in Wimbledon and prepare for the hard court season in August.

In men's singles, Jannik Sinner (Italy), Novak Djokovic (Serbia), and Carlos Alcaraz (Spain), who are currently ranked 1st to 3rd in the world, are expected to compete.

Among these three, Alcaras, ranked third with the lowest world ranking, is evaluated to have the greatest chance of winning.

Alcaras defeated Djokovic 3-2 (1-6 7-6<8-6> 6-1 3-6 6-4) in the final of this tournament last year.

Also, if he reaches the top at this year's French Open and wins this tournament, he will win Wimbledon for the second year in a row and win the last two major tournaments in a row.

Current world No. 1 Sinner is looking to avenge his 2-3 (6-2 3-6 6-3 4-6 3-6) defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open semifinals this year.

This year's Australian Open champion Sinner also has revenge to Djokovic, having lost to him at Wimbledon for the past two years.

However, Sinner has not had any notable results on grass courts, having won his first title at the Halle tournament in Germany on the 24th.

Djokovic, who withdrew from the quarterfinals of the French Open due to a knee injury, is concerned about his physical condition.

He had surgery on his right knee earlier this month and is currently undergoing rehabilitation, and he has expressed his intention to compete in Wimbledon only when his physical condition is normal.

If Djokovic competes and wins, he will become the first man or woman to win 25 major singles titles.

The women's singles are also expected to be a mixed bag.

Iga Swiatek (No. 1, Poland), who won the French Open, was so weak at Wimbledon that her best result was the quarterfinals last year.

Since Serena Williams (retired, USA) in 2015 and 2016, no one has won the women's singles for two consecutive years.

World No. 2 Coco Goff (USA) has also bested her Wimbledon performance with the round of 16.

Sabalenka, who advanced to the semifinals in 2021 and 2023, Elena Rybakina (No. 4, Kazakhstan), who won this tournament in 2022 and 2023, Marketa Vondrousova (No. 6, Czech Republic), and Ons Jaber (No. 10, Tunisia), who was the runner-up for the past two years, are considered as potential winners.

Among Korean players, Kwon Soon-woo (367th) will participate in the men's singles finals.

Kwon Soon-woo advanced to the second round of this tournament in 2021, and his personal best performance in a major tournament is the third round of the 2021 French Open.

Seongchan Hong (188th place, Sejong City Hall) participated in the men's singles preliminary round but was eliminated in the first round.

This year's total prize money for Wimbledon, famous for its tradition of wearing only white uniforms, was set at 50 million pounds (about 87.7 billion won).

The men's and women's singles winners receive 2.7 million pounds, which is about 4.73 billion won in Korean money.

Even if you are eliminated in the first round of the singles finals, the prize money is 100 million won.

Major matches will be broadcast on tvN Sports and TVING.