Experts weigh in: Can Alcaraz and Gauff win another major? What about Djokovic?

Just 3 weeks ago, Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz were crowned French Open champions -- and some are among the favorites again arsenic Wimbledon begins Monday.

Alcaraz is the two-time defending champion astatine the All England Club -- could helium go the 5th antheral successful the Open epoch to execute a three-peat astatine Wimbledon? Or volition Jannik Sinner avenge his French Open last nonaccomplishment to Alcaraz to triumph his archetypal Grand Slam rubric connected grass?

Gauff, meanwhile, has present won 2 large titles but has ne'er made it past the 4th circular astatine Wimbledon. And the women's tract is wide unfastened -- the past 8 Wimbledon titles person been won by antithetic women.

Could Aryna Sabalenka triumph her archetypal Wimbledon title? Or volition Iga Swiatek bounce backmost from a hard twelvemonth to assertion the crown?

And what astir Novak Djokovic? Could helium someway win a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title?

Our experts measurement successful connected these pressing questions and more.

How volition Gauff travel up her French Open title?

D'Arcy Maine: Gauff arrives astatine Wimbledon -- wherever she has been arsenic beloved arsenic conscionable astir immoderate subordinate since her breakthrough astatine the lawsuit successful 2019 -- brimming with assurance and self-belief and surely could beryllium successful a presumption to person her champion effect astatine the tournament.

But it's not going to beryllium easy. Despite her auspicious debut six years agone astatine the All England Club successful which she reached the 4th round, she has ne'er precocious past that constituent and mislaid successful her opening-round lucifer successful her lone grass-court lead-in lawsuit successful Berlin earlier this month.

And, possibly astir importantly, she is successful an incredibly pugnacious 4th of the gully and could look a fig of challenging opponents, including Dayana Yastremska successful the archetypal round, imaginable second- and third-round meetings with erstwhile Australian Open champions Victoria Azarenka and Sofia Kenin (who upset her astatine Wimbledon successful 2023), writer standout Liudmila Samsonova successful the 4th circular and either five-time large victor Iga Swiatek oregon 2022 Wimbledon victor Elena Rybakina successful the quarterfinals. So, that's a gangly bid and I'm frankly exhausted conscionable typing each of that. Gauff surely could triumph each of those matches, but it seems improbable she volition triumph large rubric No. 3 during the fortnight.

Bill Connelly: Gauff is decidedly to the constituent wherever it would not beryllium a astonishment if she won immoderate azygous tourney -- her defence and velocity are ever elite, arsenic is her quality to grind retired wins erstwhile things endanger to spell wayward. But her gully has truthful galore landmines, and she's lone 9-6 connected writer implicit the past 2 years. In fact, adjacent including that archetypal upset of Venus Williams six years ago, she's conscionable 7-9 each clip against top-50 players connected grass, including 3 consecutive losses. She'll apt person to get past 3 top-50 players conscionable to get to Rybakina oregon Swiatek successful the quarterfinals. That sounds similar a spot excessively overmuch to ask.

Simon Cambers: This could spell 1 of 2 ways. Either Gauff goes to Wimbledon feeling arsenic if she tin bash anything, buoyed by the assurance of winning astatine Roland Garros, oregon she'll beryllium exhausted, mentally, and suffer early. It's a comic one, this. In immoderate ways, she should beryllium precocious connected assurance aft winning the French Open and there's nary uncertainty that she'll beryllium walking adjacent taller aft coming retired connected apical successful Paris.

But successful different way, I consciousness arsenic if she ne'er truly played her champion astatine Roland Garros, and portion that's besides her thing, doing what it takes to triumph adjacent erstwhile she's not playing large tennis, connected grass, wherever the shot volition beryllium flashing astir faster than it does connected clay, she won't person overmuch clip to get up to speed, particularly if immoderate portion of her crippled is malfunctioning.

If she tin service well, past she'll springiness herself a accidental of doing well, due to the fact that she moves large and competes arsenic good arsenic anyone. But her gully is precise tough; Dayana Yastremska is nary pushover archetypal up, Sofia Kenin oregon Taylor Townsend mightiness beryllium awkward successful the 3rd circular and past Daria Kasatkina successful the 4th and either Iga Swiatek oregon Elena Rybakina would beryllium ultratough successful the quarters. If she tin get to Week 2, she'll beryllium hard to bushed but that won't beryllium easy.

If there's different epic Alcaraz vs. Sinner clash, who volition prevail?

Maine: At this stage, I'm going to person to spell with caller past and instrumentality Alcaraz. He has won 8 of their 12 vocation meetings, including the past five. Sinner hasn't beaten Alcaraz -- connected immoderate surface, successful immoderate circular of immoderate tourney -- since 2023 and has defeated him lone erstwhile (three years ago) with a rubric connected the line.

Sinner is No. 1 successful the satellite for bully crushed and tin bushed everyone else, but Alcaraz seems to beryllium his kryptonite. For now, anyway. (But I'll reserve my Serena Williams-Maria Sharapova examination for a aboriginal date.) And, since Alcaraz is the two-time defending Wimbledon champion and coming disconnected yet different writer rubric astatine Queen's Club, and Sinner has precocious lone erstwhile to the semifinals astatine the All England Club, it surely feels arsenic if the likelihood would beryllium successful Alcaraz's favour again.

Connelly: Alcaraz amended anticipation it's him. We've entered a play wherever it feels arsenic if he'll beryllium the favourite successful the natural-surface Slams (French Open, Wimbledon), and Sinner volition beryllium the favourite connected hard courts (US Open, Australian Open). But evidently that French Open last was arsenic adjacent arsenic imaginable -- full points: Sinner 193, Alcaraz 192 -- and had Sinner won fundamentally 1 much constituent astatine the close time, we'd beryllium talking astir him having a accidental astatine a calendar-year Slam and ripping disconnected a "Roger Federer, 2004-07" tally of Slams.

Alcaraz is decidedly the favorite, some due to the fact that he's acold much proven connected writer and due to the fact that Sinner mightiness person to get past Djokovic connected what is Djokovic's champion aboveground and Sinner's worst. But ... Sinner seems to beryllium figuring things out.

Cambers: Alcaraz has the pedigree connected grass, having won the rubric successful each of the past 2 years, adjacent if Sinner did triumph their lone erstwhile conflict connected the surface, astatine Wimbledon successful 2022. Everything depends connected however rapidly Sinner is capable to get implicit what happened successful Paris. He seems the benignant of idiosyncratic who tin compartmentalize, who tin rationalize that tourney arsenic a bully one, a measurement forward, adjacent if others would beryllium crumbling aft failing connected 3 lucifer points successful a Slam final. But it's hard to spot him being astatine his champion again conscionable yet, particularly connected a aboveground which, successful theory, tin springiness him issues.

Alcaraz volition beryllium tired, too, but arsenic helium showed astatine Queen's, erstwhile helium came done a clump of choky matches to triumph the title, helium volition amended arsenic the tourney progresses. With a bully gully early, helium tin easiness into the lawsuit and past volition fortify arsenic the bigger matches arrive. If they bash conscionable again here, that means it's the last and you'd person to springiness Alcaraz the edge, mentally, simply due to the fact that of what happened successful Paris.

Can Djokovic acceptable the Grand Slam grounds astatine Wimbledon?

Maine: Can he? Yes. Will he? That I'm not truthful definite of. But I bash judge Wimbledon is his champion accidental of claiming the elusive 25th large rubric due to the fact that of his occurrence astatine the tourney and his acquisition connected grass, which remains a tricky aboveground for galore of his younger peers. His way to a seventh consecutive last could beryllium hard with British favourite Jack Draper arsenic a imaginable quarterfinal hostile and Sinner arsenic his apt semifinal foe. But adjacent arsenic Sinner defeated him successful the aforesaid circular successful Paris, this gathering would consciousness acold much adjacent connected grass. And if Djokovic were to advance, helium could acceptable up the eventual rematch with Alcaraz.

Djokovic would person nary shortage of information and maybe, conscionable maybe, helium could propulsion disconnected a show akin to that helium displayed successful the golden medal lucifer against Alcaraz astatine the Paris Olympics past year. As helium has hinted astir status successful the adjacent future, I can't ideate a much cleanable farewell for Djokovic astatine his favourite and astir revered major.

Connelly: Considering Alcaraz definite seems to person surpassed him connected writer (that was rather the pummeling successful past year's Wimbledon final), and considering he'll astir apt person to bushed some Sinner and Alcaraz, it feels similar a batch to ask, yeah.

But if it's going to happen, it's going to hap astatine Wimbledon, and I was truly impressed with however Djokovic played astatine Roland Garros. It wasn't conscionable that helium reached the semifinals -- helium made the quarterfinals portion playing with a torn meniscus the twelvemonth before. It's that helium was successful a truly bully bushed from the precise commencement of the tournament. He won 4 matches without dropping a set, and helium manhandled Alexander Zverev successful the quarterfinals. He couldn't fig retired however to instrumentality a acceptable from an in-form Sinner, but connected writer helium mightiness find an other borderline oregon two.

Cambers: It's his champion chance, that's for sure. I thought Djokovic really played truly good against Sinner successful the semifinals successful Paris but connected that surface, with conscionable that divided 2nd much clip for Sinner to load up his large groundstrokes, it conscionable wasn't imaginable for Djokovic, not astatine 38 years old. Grass gives Djokovic much of an opportunity; not lone does helium determination amended than astir connected it, his serve, inactive criminally underrated, gets that spot much acquisition and is adjacent much effective.

Motivation volition beryllium higher astatine Wimbledon than anyplace else. It's lone a twelvemonth since Djokovic reached the last and that was erstwhile helium had conscionable undergone genu surgery. There's small quality betwixt being 37 and 38, and helium knows amended than anyone what needs to beryllium done. Another triumph would springiness him Slam No. 25, but besides adjacent Roger Federer connected 8 Wimbledon titles, which is thing I'm definite would springiness him immense satisfaction.

But successful summation to giving up much than 15 years to 2 of the fittest players successful the world, his large occupation present is that helium volition astir apt person to bushed some Sinner and Alcaraz to triumph it, arsenic good arsenic Draper successful the quarterfinals. That is astir apt excessively much.

Which subordinate could astonishment successful the adjacent 2 weeks?

Maine: I privation I could accidental astonishment French Open semifinalist Lois Boisson, but she mislaid successful the archetypal circular of qualifying because, you know, tennis. But determination are rather a fewer under-the-radar players who are susceptible of pulling disconnected large upsets and making heavy runs. It feels weird to notation idiosyncratic who won the rubric conscionable 2 years ago, but Marketa Vondrousova is unseeded -- arsenic she was successful 2023 -- and was sidelined for overmuch of the outpouring due to the fact that of a enarthrosis injury. But she thrives connected writer and won her archetypal rubric since her Wimbledon triumph this period successful Berlin down respective awesome wins. She would perchance look Sabalenka successful the 3rd round, but she handily defeated her 6-2, 6-4 successful the Berlin semis and could surely bash it again.

Honorable notation present to Alexandra Eala, who reached the last successful Eastbourne this week, and could stun defending champion Barbora Krejcikova (who withdrew from Eastbourne due to the fact that of a thigh injury) successful the archetypal round.

Connelly: On the men's side, my eyes instantly spell to Zverev's quarter, easy the astir apt 4th to nutrient a astonishment run. Taylor Fritz has a decent gully if helium tin get past big-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard successful the archetypal round, and if Matteo Berrettini is ever going to find a amusive bushed again, it'll beryllium here. But let's spell with Gabriel Diallo. The 23-year-old Canadian won astatine Hertogenbosch, beating 3 top-40 opponents successful the process, and his straight-sets triumph implicit Francisco Cerundolo astatine the French Open was different hint astatine a big, versatile game. He'll person to instrumentality down Fritz successful the 2nd circular to marque a large run, but helium has it successful him.

On the women's side, Jasmine Paolini's 4th is astir apt the astir apt to nutrient a surprise, and ... I'm sorry, I can't assistance it. I'm conscionable going to keep picking Naomi Osaka to marque a tally until it happens. Grass is not her champion surface, and she again received a mediocre gully -- she mightiness person to look No. 5 Zheng Qinwen successful the 2nd round. She has mislaid 4 consecutive matches to top-20 opponents, but 3 of the 4 went heavy into the 3rd set. She's truly adjacent to a breakthrough.

Cambers: I'm going to accidental Berrettini. I cognize he's a erstwhile finalist astatine Wimbledon, but helium has been unlucky with injuries since and not truly been capable to physique the benignant of momentum that different would person made him a existent menace to spell deep. If helium tin enactment distant from different injury, and I admit it's a large if, helium is successful Zverev's section, a winnable lucifer for him, which could propel him close done to the past eight, wherever a matchup with Fritz would springiness him a genuine accidental of making the past 4 again.

Which first-round matchup are you astir excited about?

Connelly: "Joao Fonseca versus whoever" is typically a beauteous watchable option, and the 18-year-old Fonseca drew an absorbing subordinate successful Jacob Fearnley, who returns good and stretched Djokovic rather a spot successful the 2nd circular past year. And Fritz vs. Mpetschi Perricard should nutrient immoderate superior fireworks.

On the women's side, Kenin faces Townsend (each has scored a brace of straight-sets wins implicit the other), and we person a brace of caller champions facing disconnected with Vondrousova v. McCartney Kessler. Vondrousova evidently has much Slam acquisition and looked spectacular successful beating 3 top-12 opponents to triumph Berlin past week, but Kessler besides bushed 4 top-50 women to triumph astatine Nottingham. She looks precise overmuch astatine location connected writer and besides astir bushed Zheng astatine Queen's Club.

Cambers: I'm besides looking guardant to the conflict betwixt Fonseca and Fearnley. Both men person changeable up the rankings successful the past twelvemonth and Fearnley's outstanding cognition is taking him a agelong way. But Fonseca has already shown helium has the endowment to spell close to the top, if things spell good for him, and though his grass-court acquisition is precise limited, helium has power, poise and existent belief.

My 2nd 1 is the all-American clash betwixt Kenin and Townsend. Kenin is the favourite connected signifier but with that wicked lefty service and deft manus skills, Townsend has the crippled to truly unsettle her connected grass. Plus, she won 3 matches successful qualifying to marque the main draw, truthful she has momentum.

Maine: Is it maine oregon does it consciousness arsenic if determination are truthful galore marquee opening-round matchups? I mentioned the Eala-Krejcikova lucifer successful the erstwhile question and that remains a can't-miss for me, but sentimentally speaking it's hard not to spotlight what could beryllium Petra Kvitova's last Wimbledon match. The two-time tourney champion announced she would beryllium retiring aboriginal this play and has to play No. 10 effect Emma Navarro successful the opening round. If anyone tin find immoderate last-minute Wimbledon magic, it has to beryllium Kvitova and this has imaginable to beryllium a memorable outing.

On the men's side, I'm with Simon and Bill: that Fonseca-Fearnley clash could beryllium epic, and the fans volition undoubtedly amusement up for some players successful a large way, nary substance what tribunal they're playing on.