Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic admits she is honoured to be mentioned in the same breath as fellow Swiss tennis stars Roger Federer and Martina Hingis as she prepares to face British number five Katie Swan at Wimbledon.
Bencic, the number 14 seed, was eliminated in the first round in her last two appearances at SW19 but still considers the tournament her favourite. She also views grass as her best surface, and reached the final of Wimbledon warm-up tournaments in both 2021 and 2022, though her Olympic success in Tokyo came on hard-court.
Bencic is aiming to be the first Swiss player to reach a singles quarter-final at Wimbledon since 2021, when Federer achieved the feat in his final appearance and was matched by Viktorija Golubic in the women’s draw. Last year, Stan Wawrinka and Henri Laaksonen suffered first-round defeats in the men's draw while none of the four Swiss women involved got beyond round two.
