Wimbledon: Paolini and Grant on Rybakina's side of draw

Italian number one Jasmine Paolini

and 18-year-old Italian debutante Tyra Grant were drawn on 2022

Wimbledon champ and 27-year-old world number two Elena

Rybakina's side of the Wimbledon draw on Friday.

30-year-old world number three Paolini's Wimbledon 2026 begins

with 21-year-old American Robin Montgomery, world number 547.

The draw has been made for the women's singles tournament at the

London Grand Slam, which kicks off Monday on the grass courts of

the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

This year's draw offers yet another record-breaking prize pool:

64.2 million pounds (approximately €75.8 million).

Three Italians are competing: Paolini, a 2024 finalist, and

world number 173 Grant, who advanced from qualifying to her

first Major main draw, have been placed in the bottom half of

the draw, headed by Rybakina, while 25-year-old world number 41

Elisabetta Cocciaretto has been placed in the top half of the

draw, headed by 28-year-old world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.

Cocciaretto will face China's 24-year-old world number 52 Xinyu

Wang in the first round, and Grant faces Great Britain's

29-year-old world number 59 Katie Boulter.

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