ANALYSIS: Is Elena Rybakina the player to fear in the women's Wimbledon draw after seed armageddon

Steely, poised and a player who has a point to prove. Elena Rybakina won Wimbledon two years ago and ascended to the top of the game but since then it has been a rougher road. Issues with her coach Stefano Vukov, illness and indifferent form but is she now the player to fear again at SW19.

The answer is likely. Rybakina is the standout player left in the eyes of Martina Navratilova for instance after the Kazakh barraged past Maria Sakkari. The Greek did little wrong in the second set but neither did Rybakina who showed her fell repertoire on Court 1.

While the chatter obviously will be about Vukov who is still banned from the tour and Rybakina is still known to be seeking his advice and training at non WTA approved facilities in between tournaments, but a Rybakina who is fit and healthy is a dangerous one as she has proven before.

Rybakina sits in the bottom section and only likely has the issue of her Quarter-Final perhaps being tricky up until the final. She faces Clara Tauson who took down Anna Kalinskaya last round to set up the tie with the 11th seed.

Following that, it could be Iga Swiatek which on paper is a big tie but Swiatek is not the player Rybakina is on grass and is still trying to find her best on the surface. So perhaps Rybakina would relish that, more so than maybe Danielle Collins who will look to shock Swiatek again.

The issues could be the next tie as Daria Kasatkina or Liudmila Samsonova are the likely opponent in the Quarter-Finals. Not exactly tough if you are looking from the outside and thinking it could be Swiatek into Kasatkina for instance. But the Aussie is a formidable grass player so it could be some tie. The same can be said for Liudmila Samsonova who has had rich success in pre Wimbledon tournaments in the past so can certainly play on the surface.

But it is a section widely opened up due to the demise of a certain Coco Gauff as well as just above due to the seeds around them also falling. Aryna Sabalenka will be favourite to reach the semi-finals but also faces a bit of a rough potential run-in. After Raducanu, it could be Elina Svitolina who has form for great Wimbledon runs. Even if it is not, it could be Elise Mertens. Also great on grass.

Madison Keys also stands out as a likely Quarter-Final opponent for any of those three realistically. She faces Laura Siegemund then potentially Cristina Bucsa for a Quarter-Final spot. If Sabalenka can get through it, Amanda Anisimova who has been superb this tournament is the standout that could await. She potentially faces Linda Noskova in the Last 16.

Then it is any one of Diane Parry/Sonay Kartal or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova or Naomi Osaka so you like her odds to register a potential tie with either Sabalenka or Keys/ any one who shocks either of those names either.

The likely route for Rybakina's section is potentially Mirra Andreeva or Emma Navarro who will potentially face off next. Navarro has to get past Barbora Krejcikova, while Andreeva faces Hailey Baptiste.

Ekaterina Alexandrova or Belinda Bencic potentially looms as an opponent for Andreeva/Navarro who would then face the winner of the bottom section so with Gauff in particular falling Rybakina will fancy her chances.

Navratilova has hyped her up as a potential winner even before the tournament comparing her to Lindsay Davenport game wise and given she has experience winning this and is one of only a few left in the field with real grass court resolve, she continues to fly under the radar but she won't for much longer.