"She's going to learn how to play better on it": Wilander believes Swiatek could be a success at Wimbledon without winning it multiple times

Seven-time Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander has backed world number one Iga Swiatek to win Wimbledon despite not having a great record while playing on the grass court.

The 22-year-old is the top-seed player in the women’s singles category for this year’s mega-event, ahead of the likes of defending champion Elena Rybakina.

Wilander, who never went on to win Wimbledon in his career, while talking to Eurosport, believes that the current world number one can still win the mega-event despite not having the best record while playing on the grass court.

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“She's going to learn how to play better on [grass] it,” he said. “Is she ever going to be a better grass court player than a clay court player? No. Is she going to be a better grass court player than a hard court player? Most probably not. That doesn't mean she can't win the tournament.

“So, I think for her, the dream might not be there where ‘I might win six or seven Wimbledons’, but she knows that the dream is alive. ‘I can win Wimbledon.

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"I know how to play on a grass court’. But she needs to keep developing her game and she needs to realise that you're never going to feel perfect on a grass court, not with her game.

“No one really does unless you hit aces and hit winners because you're slipping and sliding. So Iga is a threat. She can Wimbledon multiple times.”