Iga Swiatek faces Lin Zhu in Wimbledon draw, Aryna Sabalenka meets Panna Udvardy, Elena Rybakina to play Shelby Rogers

Iga Swiatek will face Lin Zhu in the first round of Wimbledon, with Aryna Sabalenka due to face Panna Udvardy of Hungary. The world No. 1 and No.

2 will be huge favourites to progress deep into the final stages with their initial draws easy match-ups, at least on paper. Ad Last year's winner and world No.3, Elena Rybakina, has perhaps the toughest draw of the top three as she will come up against America’s Shelby Rogers. WTA EastbourneSwiatek beats Blinkova at Bad Homburg Open, Gauff eases past Pegula to reach Eastbourne semis19 HOURS AGO Jessica Pegula faces her compatriot Lauren Davis, while the remaining top-five player Carolina Garcia faces Katie Volynets.

Venus Williams will return, with the 43-year-old drawn against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina. At the other end of the scale, 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva takes on China's Wang Xiyu. Britain’s Harriet Dart plays Diane Parry, Jodie Burrage meets Caty McNally, Heather Watson will take on Barbora Krejcikova, and Katie Boulter comes up against Daria Saville.

If matches go according to ranking then Swiatek could be on course to meet Coco Gauff, Pegula to face Garcia, Rybakina to meet Ons Jabbeur, and Maria Sakkari would face Sabalenka. This year Russian and Belarusian will be permitted to compete after they were excluded from last year's event due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine., though the display of Russian flags will remain prohibited at SW19. — — - Stream daily highlights from Wimbledon at 10pm UK time, as well as the two singles finals live on July 15 and 16, on discovery+, the Eurosport app and at eurosport.com Wimbledon'She has the game for grass' — Schett tips Kvitova, Muchova to impress at WimbledonA DAY AGO WimbledonBig Three or bust? Assessing the leading women's