Sam Querrey names the WTA player he thinks is the second favourite to win Wimbledon now behind Aryna Sabalenka

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Aryna Sabalenka has remained strong at Wimbledon amid shock exits from her fellow top five seeds.

WTA number one Sabalenka is the last top five seed left in the women’s singles draw, with Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Jasmine Paolini and Qinwen Zheng having all suffered early exits.

Sabalenka defeated Emma Raducanu in her latest clash at Wimbledon, which earned her a round of 16 tie with Elise Mertens.

Top seed Sabalenka was pushed all the way by Raducanu in their third round match, with the latter currently the British number one.

Her fellow Briton Sonay Kartal remains in the draw, as do the likes of seventh seed Mirra Andreeva and eighth seed Iga Swiatek.

Sam Querrey names his second favourite to win Wimbledon after Aryna Sabalenka

And that top 10 duo has featured in a discussion from former players Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson in the latest episode of the Nothing Major Show.

Naming his second favourite to win Wimbledon, Querrey said: “Iga is good on the grass now! I think she finalled a tournament prior to Wimbledon and lost to Pegula.

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“Iga looks good right now. I think Sabalenka is the favourite, I think Iga is the second favourite in my own mind.”

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Johnson certainly agreed with that sentiment, having not been able to look too far beyond five-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek.

He said: “Yes, I think those two are the favourites. I don’t know if Andreeva is going to be a favourite ahead of Swiatek, just because of the success that Iga has had in previous years in big events. But it is wide open. I would not be surprised if anyone made the finals at this point.”

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Emma Navarro joins Swiatek and Andreeva as the remaining top 10 seeds, with Madison Keys and Paula Badosa having joined the big names in falling earlier in the event.

And it is the Pole who certainly boasts experience over the Russian, having reached and won five Grand Slam finals.

Intriguingly, however, four of those titles have come on the clay courts of the French Open, with the other arriving on the hard courts of the US Open.

She has never made it beyond the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, with Andreeva now into the fourth round for a second time from her three appearances, her best finish.