Before this year, there was no love lost between Iga Swiatek and the grass courts of Wimbledon. So what if it was called the spiritual home of lawn tennis?So what if it was the tournament that tennis greats such as Martina Navratilova,

It’s Iga Świątek, the five-time Grand Slam champion who spent 125 weeks as the world No. 1 between early 2022 and late 2024. She’s the No. 8 seed at Wimbledon, but she’s actually the world No. 4. Only three of the top seven players in the world are left in the draw.

Iga Swiatek reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon for the second time after seeing off Clara Tauson with her latest dominant performance on Monday evening.