FILE–Serbia’s Novak Djokovic. (Photograph by Karim SAHIB / AFP)
Novak Djokovic will start his quest for a record-equalling eighth Wimbledon title in opposition to Argentina’s Pedro Cachin, with a possible rematch of final 12 months’s remaining in opposition to Nick Kyrgios looming within the quarter-finals.
Djokovic might face Andrey Rublev or Felix Auger-Aliassime within the final eight ought to Kyrgios not make it, along with his projected semi-final to come back in opposition to Jannik Sinner or Casper Ruud, who he beat within the French Open remaining earlier this month.
High seed and world primary Carlos Alcaraz has not been past the fourth spherical at Wimbledon in two appearances, however is discovering his ft on the grass after successful at Queen’s Membership final week.
Alcaraz begins in opposition to Frenchman Jeremy Chardy, however has a tough path by means of to the latter phases with the prospect for a rematch of the Queen’s remaining in opposition to Alex de Minaur within the fourth spherical and world quantity six Holger Rune within the quarter-finals.
Fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas takes on former US Open champion Dominic Thiem within the tie of the lads’s first spherical with the winner doubtlessly dealing with two-time champion Andy Murray, who takes on wild card Ryan Peniston.
High seed Iga Swiatek — who needed to withdraw from the Dangerous Homburg semi-finals on Friday on account of suspected meals poisoning — has been handed the kinder aspect of the ladies’s draw.
Swiatek begins in opposition to China’s Zhu Lin and is projected to face Coco Gauff within the quarter-finals and Jessica Pegula or Caroline Garcia within the final 4.
The underside half of the draw is stacked with defending champion Elena Rybakina, world quantity two Aryna Sabalenka and final 12 months’s finalist Ons Jabeur.
5-time winner Venus Williams will tackle a fellow wild card Elina Svitolina in one of many ties of the primary spherical.
The third Grand Slam of the season will get underway on Monday, July 3.
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