2026 Wimbledon odds, picks, predictions, preview: Can anybody surprise Jannik Sinner?

The French Open offered tennis fans a glimpse of what the sport would look like if Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner never picked up a racquet.The Spaniard missed the entire tournament with a wrist injury, and Sinner joined him after he was upset in Round 2 by Juan Manuel Cerundolo.Sinner was -225 to win the tournament before that match, but he couldn’t cope with the heat and was sent packing by the Argentinian.In the end, we didn’t get a shock winner; Alexander Zverev was the No.

2 seed, but three of the four semifinalists, Matteo Arnaldi, Flavio Cobolli, and Jakub Mensik, were into the final four at a Grand Slam for the first time in their respective careers.With Sinner’s fitness under scrutiny and Alcaraz still sidelined, we should be in for another unpredictable fortnight of tennis at Wimbledon.That could open the doors for a few sleepers to outrun their odds in England.I’m often hesitant to back Draper at Grand Slams because he gets hurt far too often, but his performances at Eastbourne last week suggest he’s operating at 100 percent.At this time last year, Draper was ranked as the World No.

4, but injuries caused him to tumble all the way down to No.160, which means he’s unseeded in this field.As fate would have it, the lefty from London was drawn against Taylor Fritz in Round 1.

It’s not ideal, but also not a deal-breaker.Fritz has been underwhelming for most of this year, and Draper absolutely has the game to go toe-to-toe with the American.He’s quick, powerful, and has the necessary craft and guile to succeed on the grass.

It doesn’t hurt that he was basically raised on these courts, either.Draper’s proven he can win big titles; he won the 2025 Indian Wells Masters, but now he needs to show he can handle the rigors of Grand Slam tennis.His coach, Andy Murray, can teach him a thing or two about that.With Alcaraz out of the picture and Sinner looking vulnerable, Draper may never get a better opportunity to delight the crowd at Wimbledo...