Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has backed
Iga Swiatek to win another
Roland Garros trophy ahead of Rybakina and Sabalenka and the rest of the field.
Swiatek won Roland Garros last year by beating Coco Gauff in the final and Martina Navratilova expects her to do so again. She hasn't been that dominant this year losing a few matches over the course of this season and with an injury sustained in Rome, there is some doubt about whether she will produce the necessary level.
Navratilova thinks she will if she's healthy:
"It all hinges on her health. From what I'm hearing, the injury is not
that bad. If she's 100 percent healthy, then she's the odds-on
favorite. It's Iga versus the field. If she's not, then it's wide open."
Navratilova is hopeful of seing Swiatek in full heatlh because she wants to see players battle it out properly:
"I definitely want to see her in full
flight. I want to see her supplanted only if people play better than
her, not because she was injured. Last year, Iga almost forgot how to
lose. She may not quite be at that stage yet, but she still should be
super confident."