A Wimbledon,
Center Court (start 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. in France)
Liam Broady (GBR) – Casper Ruud (NOR/tête de série N.4)
Alizé Cornet (FRA) – Elena Rybakina (KAZ/N.3)
Andy Murray (GBR) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/N.5)
Court 1 (start 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. in France)
Alexander Zverev (GER/N.19) – Gijs Brouwer (NED)
Sloane Stephens (USA) – Dona Vekic (CRO/N.20)
Jessica Pegula (USA/N.4) – Cristina Bucsa (ESP)
Court 2 (start 11 a.m., 12 p.m. in France)
Elise Mertens (BEL, 26)- Elina Svitolina (UKR)
Andrey Rublev (RUS, 7) Aslan Karatsev (RUS)
Danielle Collins (USA) – Belinda Bencic (SUI, 14)
Daniil Medvedev (RUS, 3) Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
Court 3 (start 11 a.m., 12 p.m. in France)
Tomas Etcheverry (Arg, 29) – Stan Wawrinka (Sui)
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) – Anna Schmiedlova (SVQ)
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) – Carolina Garcia (FRA, 5)
Ilya Ivashka Grigor Dimitrov (BUL, 21)
Elena Rybakina – Alizé Cornet At Wimbledon, the Niçoise has already fallen two world number ones: Serena Williams, then defending champion, in the 3rd round in 2014, and Iga Swiatek at the same stage last year, while the Pole remained on 37 victories. It will still take a feat of which she has the secret on the London lawn to bring out the outgoing champion Elena Rybakina. Still, the Kazakh in the formidable service, does not yet seem to evolve 100%, she who has been suffering from a virus since Roland-Garros. It’s up to Cornet to take the opportunity to complete his hunting list.
Just one day after his marathon standoff against Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas continues this Thursday with his second round scheduled for the last match on Center Court. Murray, double winner of the tournament, will of course have the advantage of the public, and the freshness since he did not play on Wednesday. The two players met last year on the grass in Stuttgart and Murray won in straight sets: “He’s a very strong opponent and he’s played on this court so many times. In addition, the grass is very suitable for his game. Less to Greek. In short, the show could well be there this Thursday.
They will be no less than 10 competing on the London green carpet this Thursday. While Arthur Fils will (finally!) play his first round against Davidovich Fokina. Ugo Humbert, on unfavorable waivers against Australian Jason Kubler (4-6, 6-4, 2-6), will try to ride Wednesday’s blue wave to qualify for the second round. The 35-year-old French left-hander Adrian Mannarino has a green thumb. He has already proven it against Daniil Medvedev, whom he beat in the round of 16 at s-Hertogenbosch (4-6, 6-4, 6-2). The two men meet again this Thursday in the second round. Alizé Cornet will not have an easy task against Elena Rybakina. On forced rest for the past two days, Caroline Garcia challenges the Canadian Leylah Fernandez on court 3. The qualifier Harold Mayot will try to continue the great adventure against the Argentinian Guido Pella on court 5. Grégoire Barrère faces Denis Shapovalov on court 8 and Diane Parry will try to dominate Croatian Petra Martic, seeded 30. Corentin Moutin and Quentin Halys have a good part to play against Roman Saffullin and Aleksandar Vukic respectively.
Martina Navratilova is the record holder for titles obtained at Wimbledon with 9 trophies between 1978 and 1990. Among men, the Swiss Roger Federer is still in the lead with 8 titles, but Novak Djokovic could join him this year…
It took 11 hours and 5 minutes of play, with a final set lasting more than 8 hours, for American American John Isner to overcome Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the first round of the 2010 edition (6-4, 3 -6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68). A legendary match, the longest in the history of tennis, of course. A record that will not be broken with the introduction of the super tie-break in the fifth round in 2019.
