The 137th Championships at Wimbledon Preview/Predictions
Can the great young 22 year old from Italy, Jannik Sinner, capture his second major of the year and his career, and this great championship. (Photo by Britannica).
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club hosts the 137th playing of the Championships at Wimbledon commencing Monday. The All England Club is just 7 miles outside of London.
The storylines are rich as Novak Djokovic is battling through a torn meniscus injury he suffered three weeks ago at Roland Garros at the French Open and will give it a go in hopes of capturing Grand Slam numero 25 and his eighth Wimbledon title. That’s the all time greatest resume in my opinion. Nadal and Federer have good arguments, but the way Novak keeps delivering is beyond reproach. He won three of the four Grand Slam titles in 2023 with his only loss coming last year at the Wimbledon final to the great 21 year old Carlos Alcaraz from El Palmar, Murcia Spain. Alcaraz has three Slams on his resume; the 2022 US Open, 2023 at Wimbledon, and this year’s French Open. So who will emerge as the champion in the highly competitive men’s side? Also, the women’s bracket looks to be electric as well with world No.1 Iga Swiatek, the 23 year old from Warsaw, Poland, being challenged by the likes of American Coco Gauff, Russian Aryna Sabalenka and others. Iga has won 5 majors; the 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 French Open and the 2022 US Open.
ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+ will broadcast.
First round coverage begins tomorrow at 5 AM CT on ESPN and lasting all day through 4 PM CT. ABC will help out a little bit as well.
The women’s semifinals will commence on Thursday, July 11th, from 7AM-12 PM CT on ESPN.
The men’s semis will take place Friday, July 12th, from 7 AM-1 PM CT on ESPN.
The Women’s Final is Saturday, July 13th, at 8 AM CT on ESPN.
The Men’s is Sunday, July 14th, at 8 AM CT on ESPN.
Here are predictions for the Championships.
Men’s Semifinals
Jannik Sinner over Carlos Alcaraz 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Novak Djokovic over Hubert Hurkacz (27 year old from Poland) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Men’s Final
Sinner over Djokovic 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
Jannik, the 22 year old from Innichen, South Tyrol, Italy, outlasts the great champion and captures major number 2 in his young, invigorating career. Novak doesn’t make it easy though. He never does.
Women’s Semifinals
Iga Świątek over Elena Rybakina (25 year old from Kazakhastan who won Wimbledon in 2022) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Coco Gauff over Sabalenka 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
Final
Gauff over Swiatek 7-5, 6-7 (6-8) 6-4
The 20 year old from Atlanta gets it done.
Coco captures her second major after winning the 143rd US Open in 2023. (Photo by Britannica).