🎾 Tennis – Wimbledon 2018 – 2 JULY – 15 JULY 2018 – Preview 🎾 Who do our followers think will win the Men’s and Women’s titles this year?

Ten years on from arguably the greatest duel in the sport’s history, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s dominance of the sport has perhaps never been greater. The pair have shared the last six Grand Slams, three apiece, not dropping a set in any of those major final wins. Anything other than a 9th Wimbledon Title for Federer will be surprise to most followers of the game. Perhaps this is Marin Cilic’s year after winning the traditional warm up event at Queens club last week. The runner up that day was Novak Djokovic who despite reaching the final at Queens, continues to struggle and the grass courts at Wimbledon are likely to test him physically and mentally. Other potential challengers in the talented but fragile (mentally) category would be Juan Martin Del Potro and the enigmatic character Nick Kyrgios, both capable of playing at the highest level when in the mood.
On the women’s side, we have a worthy favourite in Petra Kvitova, who has the game and experience to deliver on Centre Court. While inconsistency has tarnished much of her career, the big-hitting Czech boasts a tour-leading five titles in 2018 following her recent win on Birmingham’s grass courts. That sees her sit second to recent French Open winner Simona Halep in the 2018 rankings list, but well ahead in terms of SW19 prospects. Halep will surely struggle to refocus on Wimbledon after a burden-lifting first major win, while she lacks the weapons to be a natural grass-court player.
Serena Williams is the 11/2 second favourite and a tempting one at that as she looks to build on an encouraging comeback at Wimbledon. Only a freak injury prevented her from featuring in a final-16 tie with Maria Sharapova at Roland Garros and the grass courts will offer less of a test to her limited conditioning.
Reigning champion Garbine Muguruza follows at 15/2 but a humbling performance at Birmingham suggests she is struggling to bounce back from a thumping 6-1 6-4 semi-final defeat to Halep in Paris.