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Azarenka Draws Bellis in Wimbledon Return

<![CDATA[A well-balanced Wimbledon draw has created quite a few enticing early round matchups.]]>

Chris OddoJune 30, 20172 minute read

It’s a fairly balanced women’s singles draw at Wimbledon, with favorites sprinkled about the top and bottom half—and a few popcorn first-rounders. Men's Draw: Big Four to Face Early Challenges None more enticing perhaps than Victoria Azarenka vs. 18-year-old CiCi Bellis. Azarenka, playing in just her second event since returning to the tour after giving birth to her son Leo, is a two-time semifinalist that reached the quarterfinals in 2015, but she hasn’t quite knocked the rust from her game and she’ll face one of the WTA’s up-and-comers in Bellis, who reached the semifinals in her first grass-court event at Mallorca. See the Complete Wimbledon Women's Singles Draw Here The winner of this match will face either No.15-seeded Elina Vesnina or a qualifier, and could face No.2-seeded Simona Halep in the third round. Another enticing first-rounder to watch will be contested by Sabine Lisicki and No.27-seeded Ana Konjuh in the bottom half. There are some excellent potential third-rounders if the seeds hold, including Kristina Mladenovic and CoCo Vandeweghe and Jelena Ostapenko and Madison Keys. Here is how the third round shapes up if the seeds hold.

And here is how the round of 16 shapes up if the seeds hold:

And the quarterfinals:

Other notable first-rounders include: No.11-seeded Petra Kvitova vs. Johanna Larsson of Sweden
Alizé Cornet vs. Camila Giorgi
No.25-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Eugenie Bouchard
No.4-seeded Elina Svitolina vs. Ashleigh Barty
No.9-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Jelena Jankovic. ]]>

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