Hingis backs Ivanovic to win Wimbledon

Former Wimbledon champion Martina Hingis has backed top seed Ana Ivanovic to triumph at the All England Club this year but says the retirement of Justine Henin has left a void at the top of the women’s game.

Hingis, who beat Jana Novotna to win her first and only SW19 title in 1997 at the age of 16, believes Ivanovic is best equipped to seize the mantle having claimed her first French Open crown earlier this month.